Stepping off on the right foot.

Being prepared is one of the most important ingredients to establishing a successful project or endeavor. It by no means guarantees any measure of ostensible, productive success... it does guarantee the benefits of practicing to do the best you can to help it achieve that kind of outcome. The guarantee of a possibility isn't half bad, in my book. Purposeful effort goes so much further than incidental/accidental success. Better lucky than good? Not really... what does one actually gain by obtaining that which is not earned?