The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
It's always too early to quit.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
After a storm comes a calm.
Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person.