The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
After a storm comes a calm.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you think you can do it, you can.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Who seeks shall find.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.