You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.
Talk less-you will automatically learn more, hear more, see more-and make fewer blunders.
Short-term can be terminal.
People retire to do what I do every day.
The mental game of business is understanding this Paradox: the better you think you are doing, the greater should be your cause for concern: the more self-satisfied you are with your accomplishments, your past achievements, your 'right moves', the less you should be.
I am convinced that most companies don't maximize their barter possibilities. Instead of aggressively reducing costs by trading their services with those of their suppliers, they seem content to pay top dollar for everything.