Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There are ideas unique to you, a specific rhythm and perspective that are your strengths, not your weaknesses. You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less what people think of you.

Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your head.

No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you.

Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter

I like lecturing and going around the world and giving talks and I like doing consulting and helping people.

We're selfish to some degree, that's not a criticism and it doesn't mean that we are all narcissists. But in any situation our minds naturally evolve to what's in it for me? How does this affect me? Can this benefit me? Can this harm me? Then we might move on from that and have a more altruistic point of view about things but that's almost always our initial response.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.