A nurse practitioner student's diary & notes. I WANNA DO WELL. “You can't hope yourself to a better life, you must take yourself there. What you have to do is work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up. There is no way to succeed and have the lovely spoils - money, recognition, deep satisfaction in ur work - except to put in the hrs, do the drudgery. If you give, you get. If you work hard, the hard work rewards you." ~H.B.