Does planning make the man or woman? Maybe so, maybe not. But why take the chance. Knowing without a doubt that you are prepared by doing your homework provides a feeling that is beyond price the confidence and power needed to succeed in life.

As the cliché goes, ’The best defense is a good offense.’ Go forward be aggressive. Don’t give your fears or competition a chance to pin you down. Trepidation and loss of confidence come with a defensive posture. Attack the problem, attack the market, attack the competition, and you are proceeding positively. Fear will melt and confidence will rise.

Learning how to set and achieve a goal is perhaps the single most important thing your child can learn to prepare for school, adulthood, and employment. The more adept your child is at understanding this important life skill, the more options he or she will have.

A goal is created three times. First as a mental picture. Second, when written down to add clarity and dimension. And third, when you take action towards its achievement.

Courage changes things for the better . . . [With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.

I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. . .. . I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.