Check out Pigeon Impossible if you haven't already. the video's great, but the interviews, blog posts and pod casts are all awesome stuff as well. I first watched it embedded (on prof ben's facebook, heh), so I didn't check out the guy's website.
Success formula #1
learning by doing + learning by failing + importance of basics
Success formula #2
9 hours X 5 days * 52 weeks * 5 years = 11700hrs
(assumes 5 day working week with 8-5 working hours, which is probably an underestimate)
Happy Chinese New Year all!
