You are trying not only to reach your potential but to move beyond it. If you are not in the best shape you can be, these things simply become more difficult to achieve.
Never let anyone out work you or out hustle you. Ever.
Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.
I learned quickly that motivating people would be the most important responsibility of my career.
Make incremental progress, change comes not by the yard, but by the inch.
Tackle the difficult things first in the morning; make changes in the way you network. Treat everyone with respect and dignity. This stops you from cynicism and negativity. End your day with that same attitude you started. Renew your contract with a day well completed.