The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Leap, and the net will appear.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
I can, therefore I am.
I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get.