The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
I had to get out of my record deal that I signed with my previous band and get a full solo record deal going so, with all of the paperwork that, that entails it did take a while.