It’s just so damn easy to look upon someone else and jealously think, “Wow, he sure got lucky.” Real people did not have great opportunities fall in their lap. Mostly, crappy opportunities come along, and in the meantime, you make the best of them.
—Po Bronson [via powazek]
Mark Larson 
I read his book a few years ago. It wasn’t bad.And thanks for sharing this article. I’ve been needing to hear something like it for a few months.
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Glad to help! I think it dovetails nicely with the Paul Graham article that you linked to a while ago.