The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Always desire to learn something useful.
I can, therefore I am.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Never complain and never explain.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine. But you get there and it's another world. It's filled with art and music and poetry and intellectuals and writers - all kinds of people.