1. Concentrate on what you do best
2. Be enthusiastic - it's contagious
3. Talk to people with experience
4. Take short-term pain for long-term gain
5. Under-promise and over-deliver
6. When you're ready, take the big risk
7. Avoid time wasters - they shorten life.
8. The harder you fall, the harder you become
9. Take no as a diversion, not a stop sign
10. Never get personal unless it's personal.
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