Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. If you sit down and don't see a fish at the table, the fish is you. Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. It is not the employer who pays the wages.
Employers only handle the money.
It is the customer who pays the wages. Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it. Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. Those who think they can and those who think they can't are both right. Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.