Comping Is Fun
One thing all compers share is the knowledge that comping is fun.
If you don't enjoy it, just think of something else to do, you really have to enjoy comping to make a success of it.
There is a lot of hard work in making a success of comping, it isn't easy. There will be long hours of research, evenings spent with the rhyming dictionary, you really have to enjoy it to make it work.
Successful compers love comping. Seems a daft statement, but if you think about it, the same applies to golfers, writers, artists, everything creative, you really have to love it to bring out that special ability you have inside you.
Dedication is maybe what it is about.
Enjoy it though, comping is fun, it really is!