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.

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

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

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

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

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.