"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."

 -Leonardo da Vinci.

It’s nice when you’re determined to get things done. You get a feeling of satisfying accomplishment at the end. But often, life has other plans. It throws up obstacles that prevent you from dedicating the time that you would like. That’s why you’ve got to seize every opportunity. You can’t keep putting things off. If you suddenly find that you’ve got time to yourself; use it well because you don’t know what opportunities will be available later. You’ve got to stand up for yourself and chase every lead; though it does get to a point where you can be too obsessive with this. It’s fine to chase this but if you’re going to walk all over people and not offer anything new then they’re going to be less keen to help you out. But at the same time, it’s important to let people know how important these things are to you and that you’re not going to give up easily.