2016 New Years Resolutions

What about focusing on the following five intellectual and psychological abilities and attributes if you are a young engineer just starting down your career path:

1. Preparedness and Work Ethic - Develop a "success" routine.  Come in early and stay late.  Be prepared in all endeavors.  Be disciplined and learn to manage distractions.
2. Concentrate and Focus - Engineering is a concentration and focus profession.  You need to get X done and you have Y time to do it - and it has to be done correctly the first time.  Conduct you daily activities with this in mind.
3. Competitiveness and Self-Confidence - Engineering school teaches you how to overcome self-doubt and other psychological obstacles.  Don't forget this experience - it will serve you well during your career.
4. Stress Management and Humility - Professional careers will have slumps.  Learn to manage these slumps.  Things are never as bad as they initially seem and tomorrow is usually better than today.
5. Adaptiveness and Learning Ability - Like all physical assets, you are subject to the laws of depreciation.  Your education depreciates the minute after you get your diploma.  You will need renewal and remodeling.  Learn to love learning.