How to be creative or anything you want to be
Hugh MacLeod wrote a blog post called "How To Be Creative" that's been downloaded more than a million times!
Read it, or if you are pressed for time, he provides a summary:
If I had to condense the entire work into a single line, it would read something like, "Work Hard. Keep at it. Live simply and quietly. Remain humble. Stay positive. Be nice. Be polite."