I am always surprised by how the people in the entertainment industry are so driven and hardworking. People often over-emphasize the talent or luck part, e.g. his name "50 Cent" was acquired from a chance meeting with Eminem in the subway, but this is quite misleading.

Compare this piece of writing with:

"The Steve Martin Method" http://www.calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-m... "be so good they can't ignore you"

Jerry Seinfield's "Don't break the chain" http://lifehacker.com/281626/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-se... "the value of continual incremental progress"