Chance favors the prepared mind. Code a little. Test a lot. Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18. Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way. Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought. Doing it the hard way is always easier. Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.