more practical advice for shakers and movers

Always believe you are better than you are. Undervaluing yourself results in underachievement, but overvaluing yourself forces you to rise to the level of your own standards. not believing you can do something is equivalent to failing. Don't leave any doubt in your mind. Evict the doubts, do not even counter them. The only way to defeat doubt is not to allow it at all.

Speak out, give your opinions and thoughts because often they're important, but more importantly they encourage others to open up and contribute. At the same time, examine your motives in speaking up. Speaking for the sake of it will not be productive. Speaking for attention and confirmation by others is similarly pointless. Speak for the benefit of others or not at all.

Prepare yourself. Prayer and preparation of the heart, mind and attitude is a key to changing the drudgery of everyday life to a living adventure. Your attitudes will flow into those around you, so a good attitude can be worth much more than words of wisdom.