Obama did "just" become president. He needed smoke breaks and his blackberry to do it all, but he did "just" do it. He subjected himself to his cause and reaped the benefits.
If I look at those three-step plans and feel offended, thats a problem with me. If I feel like I cant "just" say that succesful people are "just" successful, that speaks to a problem with my idea of what is "just", not what it actually is.