Know or listen to those who know.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you think you can do it, you can.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.