1. My intuition has literally never been wrong and every single time I've decided to ignore it and listen to any advice, I just got myself into problems.<p>2. Self-confidence, assertiveness, determitation to get whatever you want and some impudence are amost always more important than your skills and intelligence.<p>3. If you try you hardest to work smarter, not harder, you can find amazingly easy ways to get things done. You just need to believe that there's a shortcut, and you almost always will find it.