The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Wherever you are - be all there.
It's always too early to quit.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Never complain and never explain.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.