Picasso's Napkin and the Myth of the Overnight Success

The Myth of the Overnight Success comes from an information asymmetry: you see the victorious result, but not all the work that went into the creation of that result. But before you think, "Great, so instead of an overnight success, now I have to work for a decade for something that may or may not happen. Thanks a bunch," there are ways to make everything you do a success.