I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.
There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.