Some principles to keep in mind!

-Invest in yourself.
-Whatever you do, you have to like it and you have to be good at it.
-Never be a big fish in a small pond.
-The harder you work, the luckier you get. 
-Nothing breeds success like success.
-Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.  
-The most effective way to do it is to do it.