It depends what works for you. In my experience the first thing you need is moti...

It depends what works for you. In my experience the first thing you need is motivation. Without you have nothing to drive you and all the will in the world will get you nowhere.

Here is something that helped me: http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/03/the-cult-of-d...

Seriously though, find your motivation and all else will fall into place...