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.

When did you feel most fulfilled? When did you impress yourself, or otherwise feel most proud of yourself?

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

Stop teaching students that they are the best and the brightest.

Left untended, knowledge and skill, like all assets, depreciate in value surprisingly quickly.

If your clients aren't actively telling their friends about you, maybe your work isn't as great as you think it is.

The noble path does win but only if you are prepared to make the investment over a long period of time.