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

Your task as a leader is to help others to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don't trust your motives, nothing else will matter -because my primary concern is your integrity.

What you do with your billable time determines your current income, but what you do with your non-billable time determines your future.

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

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

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

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.