5 quintessential skills for completing a-z in 2014 aka belated letter Q

1. organization, the most vital of all life skills. keep all of your organs alphabetized in tidy labeled containers. 
2. time management. even the most talented hours and seconds need proper representation if they're ever gonna get somewhere.
3. master the art of bullshit.  bs is a must have item for any creative types arsenal. did Michelangelo know what he was doing when Pope Julius II commissioned him to paint the Sistine chapel? not a chance. the old adage "fake it till you make it"? yeah, someone knew what they were talking about.

don't worry about the last two. they aren't really all that important.