Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.

Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.

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.

What do I have to do to earn and deserve the key relationships that are going to get me where I want to go?

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.

Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed, autonomous professionals must agree to be influenced by that person.

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