Always look for the positive in every situation. There is always something to be grateful for.

Get into a rut early: Do the same process the same way. Accumulate idioms. Standardize. The only difference(!) between Shakespeare and you was the size of his idiom list - not the size of his vocabulary.

I was born to win, but in order to win I gotta be willing to lose.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.