Do your homework

Always remember to do your research. Like all hobbies, if the necessary time and attention is not given to practice, then a desirable level of competence will never be achieved. If one of your hobbies is working on cars, then at some point it will become necessary to study some mechanics. If your hobby is gardening, you will need to spend some time caring and tending to your plants in the correct manner. The point is, with all hobbies it takes time to develop a certain level of competence. Competitions and contests are no exceptions.

A good example of the importance and simplicity involved in homework is highlighted by the recent estimate that around 25-30% of all competition and sweepstake entries are void simply by the fact that the entrant failed to comply with the rules. In effect, the contestant who considered small but vital pieces of information such as ‘ are you allowed to enter more than once,’ has already increased their chances of winning by half.

What can be worse than knowing hat the winning entry that you just spent three hours putting together is invalid because you failed to include your date of birth or something equally inane. ALWAYS READ THE RULES.

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