What about the poor salesman who is calling into the office from the corner saloon instead of the home sickbed he claims he is in?

When you don't want something enough to make the effort, making an effort is a waste.

There are more fakers in business than in jail.

Trying to impress others does - usually in quite the opposite way.

Meanness demeans the demeaner far more than the demeaned.

If you never budge, don't expect a push.

If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.