While luck rules all endeavors, I believe we can tip the odds in our favor.  Audacity is required to make the attempt, persistence to weather the storm, brutal honesty to refine the approach—cutting away what doesn’t work and giving new methods a chance to prove themselves—and finally, love of the activity to stay steady through the fickle tides of praise and criticism, and of failure and success.  

By consistently striving to demonstrate these qualities, I believe it is possible to maintain an untarnished mind and fluid spirit, regardless of what the outcome may be.