While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.
Creativity is a highfalutin word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.
Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?
As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot.
When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot.
The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.