The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Never complain and never explain.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing mentors because it changes their lives.