The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, 'Me, too!' versus 'So what?'
Treat the past as a school.
Always do more than what you get paid for. It makes you a valuable person.
Look what you can become in pursuit of what you want, and look out for what you become in the pursuit of what you want--don't compromise!
On the way to work, concentrate on the way - not the work.
Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain.