Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.
Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!
Brick walls are there for reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.
Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.
We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.
One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.