The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
You never know what motivates you.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you think you can do it, you can.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.
My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.