What Is Success Made Out Of?

You've heard it before: Success comes with hard work, persistence, perseverance, patience and determination.  But what about those that success comes to them overnight?  

I've looked into it and "overnight" means ten years of perfecting a craft.  Even those who seemingly just picked up a pen and started writing novels that sold straight away to a publisher--they were English teachers for ten years.  

That super talented rock star that can pick up a new instrument and start playing it in ten minutes had a crap load of studying different musical influences and worked with them all.  

Then there's beginners luck.  Here I agree with Paulo Coelho (author of "The Alchemist") when King Solomon says "The universe wants you to succeed...".  It's true.  You're gifts are revealed to you and because it's easy you think you can do it...and so you can.  As the road gets harder you must remember that whatever is attained by work becomes precious to the laborer.  (Would mother's still love their children if there was no labor involved?)

So yes success is made out of blood, sweat and tears.  What better motivation than to earn self-respect.  What better way to weed-out those who don't truly want it. Success is made out of the core within you.