You cannot and should not try to please everyone. Make sure that the right people like you, and it will be expected that others will not. That's how the world works.

What you do with your billable time determines your current income, but what you do with your non-billable time determines your future.

Whether or not your values are operational is crucially determined by whether or not there are consequences for noncompliance.

What is important is what inspires persistence and determination- in other words what you care about.

Your task as a leader is to help others to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don't trust your motives, nothing else will matter -because my primary concern is your integrity.

A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client's bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more than recompensed by the reputation earned for being honest and trustworthy.

Focus on being the best you can at what you want to do.