Lesson 1: More than 1

In order to be successful at any project, I believe you need to have more than 1. More than 1 person working on your project, more than 1 person believing in you. In otherwords, you need a team. I'm not talking about a committed team who has as much passion about your idea as you do, but I am talking about someone who can lend a hand when necessary. You need a team member to bounce ideas off of, to listen to, and to give you the occasional positive encouragement when things just aren't going your way.

For a literal example of this, tonight I needed an additional hand to solder 4 wires onto a discrete part. I could get most of them on, but everytime I tried to get all 4 wires on, the other ones would fall off. With my teammate holding the wire for me, it worked the first time. Lesson learned.