I think it's the "Office Space" phenomena. Everyone is a Peter Gibbons and to paraphrase, 'the truth is that I don't really give a shit, Bob.' People like the

I think it's the "Office Space" phenomena. Everyone is a Peter Gibbons and to paraphrase, 'the truth is that I don't really give a shit, Bob.' People like the underdog success stories because hey, if they did REALLY start to try over the next few years, it could be them too. But I think that besides luck, the secret sauce is probably perseverance more than any sort of inherent genius. I think the common thread behind a lot of people who achieve remarkable things is just that they didn't mind spending a ton of time banging their heads against walls and being wrong. Or...whatever, just the 'temporarily embarrassed millionaire' quote for the hundredth time.