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

Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow.

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

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

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

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