Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.

I always wanted to be a sprinter.

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance.

That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.

Protect your good image from the eyes of negative viewers, who may look at your good appearance with an ugly fiendish eye, and ruin your positive qualities with their chemical infested tongues.