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

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

More than any other factor, it is the people we have to deal with that determine the quality of our work lives.

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

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

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

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