Circumvent negative situations, people or anything that will impede progress. These things are toxic to personal achievement; desired end-points are driven by positive attitude and persistence.
Constantly engage, enriching your life as much as humanly possible.
You do not have to be rich to live an excessively enriched life.
Live in the moment but just be mindful that you are working towards something.
When I was in South Africa during a windy day, the zebras would not walk out into the open. The wind would carry their scent to lions, so the zebras would starve for the day in order to survive anothe...