I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darn it...people like me.

It's a little cliche to use regular words to motivate yourself, but it works. When you are feeling like you're on the cusp of failure or success, sometimes it just takes a couple words of encouragement to yourself.

The key is to find words, topics and saying that work for you. For me, using sayings from the bible, from music, and from literature work the best. Here are some examples:

• Do your best until you can do better.
• You can't enjoy the spoils of war until you finish, and win, the battle.
• Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
• Don't tell me I can't.