If opportunity doesn't knock, then build a door.

You want something good to happen in your life ? Stop dreaming about it ! Plan it ! There is no escaping the reality around us. I base my life on what is real, not what is imagined. Life is one big project for me, and I adapt to this by adopting a businesslike approach to most everything I do. It is the serious drive and structured way of life that I feel safe with. I dislike chaos and unpredictability. I fear disorderliness, I fear coming across as inept. I dislike waste of any kind, whether material or mental. In my spare time, I tend to engage in productive activities. I like to be busy and usefully occupied. I’m stable and serious, confident and calm, quiet, reserved, strong willed, persevering, dedicated, focused, hardworking, unemotional, authoritative, practical, rational, deliberate and methodical, businesslike, responsible, cautious to the extreme persons, somewhat self-centered but not excessively, loner at heart, with introverted character, independent, often a little reserved—even standoffish (this is generally because I value all things practical).