Professionals have to decide on which subjects they are prepared to give nagging rights

Don't get stampeded by what people around you value. The task is to figure out what YOU value - and value highly enough to throw yourself into with unqualified passion.

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

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

Success comes from doing what you enjoy. If you don't enjoy it, how can it be called success?

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

Truly visionary and successful companies have discovered that there is no conflict between the pursuit of profit and having a pursuit beyond profit.