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

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

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.

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

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

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

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