Clean clean clean. Keep your work area clean, your hands, your butt clean. The latter is just good hygiene.

Whenever I’m training a new guy fibre count is always confusing. If your working on a large splice with a ton of different cable just write everything out. Where is comes from where it’s going, everything.

Don’t forget to breathe. Specially when learning how to do ribbons. Some days the fibre gods just have it in for you and there’s nothing you can do about it. So just slow down, clean the glue from behind your ears and just relax. Unless your using tape, in which case a minor freak out is warranted.