No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read.

Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.