- "never fly without the rebuy" ... basically, make sure your Balance (shown at the bottom of the right hand Status panel) exceeds your Rebuy cost ... if it doesn't and you lose your ship you'll be back to square one in a Sidewinder
- there's no shame in running ... a big part of combat in Elite is knowing when to stay and fight and when to run ... if your shields start dropping rapidly within the first seconds of a fight, leg it!
- there is no grind but the grind you make for yourself ... basically, if you find yourself doing the same thing over and over (e.g. to earn money or rep or materials or whatever) and aren't enjoying it then for god's sake go and do something else instead
- don't rush to get to the end game ... a) it doesn't exist and b) you'll miss the best bit which is the journey along the way
- if/when you run out of fuel, don't despair, call the Fuel Rats (fuelrats.com and press the Get Help button)