Inspired by the Greats

Read biographies of people that have achieved something big. Even better listen to tell it in their own words. One of the best examples is Steve Wozniak the force behind the Apple II. Listen to it from IT Conversations Brilliant in hardware as well as in software. His stories are really eye opening. (Others I like a lot: SIMs inventor Will Wright and Dough Engelbart there is also a video of his Future Salon presentation available on the Internet Archive)

Get inspired not discouraged by these exceptional biographies, they have tones of tips on why they got where they are now: Passion for what you are doing and discipline to really make it happen are only two of them.