Fill in the gaps with generalizing or specifying
.… if you start your career early, you’re likely to be successful. - … if you don’t work hard, you’re unlikely to be successful
.… comedies are funny. - … they can be boring sometimes.… all the women like soap operas. - … my mother, she hates them

Usually if you start your career early, you’re likely to be successful. As a rule if you don’t work hard, you’re unlikely to be successful. Typically comedies are funny. Only they can be boring sometimes. Generally all women like soap operas. But not my mother, she hates them.