I thought this was interesting and more closer to the truth, but still fraught with political correctness of being polite.
If you want to be successful you have to imitate people who are already successful. The one thing that you should walk away from with this article is to have high expectations about your life. We are all here to help you get there. :-)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... ory?page=1