Everybody isn't everybody.

Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.

Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you're offering.

I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure—and their ability to overcome it.

The dash helps to indicate that the two thoughts are intimately related, and it's less stodgy than a semicolon, which would have performed the same function (and who talks in semicolons?).

Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever!