The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Who seeks shall find.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
I can, therefore I am.
Know or listen to those who know.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want to see is how people cope, and so the character are present to cope, or fail to cope.