I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient.
Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit
To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else.
I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one.
Seek freedom from the conformity of styles
Be like water, my friend.