The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Well done is better than well said.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Who seeks shall find.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Never complain and never explain.
Well, Mom and Dad are both actors, and I've spent a lot of time watching my mom on stage and a lot of time on set with my dad, so it was very much a part of my growing up.
I never trust anything that can be captured in 2 takes.