Be a good egg - and more pithy encouragement
Just be a good egg;
It's a good start!
But don't boil the ocean;
Starting isn't that hard!
Nip your expectations in the bud
And it will be much harder
For disappointment to blossom.
When you are resolutely disappointed
Resentment breathes down your neck
"Is it going to fly?"
Be it for a job or a relationship
The question never lies;
But it can burn your ears!
It's still as Ella sang it:
"Nice work if you can get it
And you can get it if you try."
So won't you show me how?
Going further
'Nice Work if You Can Get It', written by George and Ira Gershin (1959) and sung by Ella Fitzgerald.