Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.

Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

The only way on Earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.

Act as if you were already happy and that will tend to make you happy.

The thing is to get the work done.

Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.

'When you have a lemon, make a lemonade.' That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite. If he finds that life has handed him a lemon, he gives up and says, 'I 'm beaten. It is fate. I haven't got a chance.' Then he proceeds to rail against the world and indulge in an orgy of self-pity .