Making money isn't a bad thing at all - it allows for a lot more freedom.
Blaming others is nothing more than excusing yourself.
Mindsets are contagious. So choose the people you populate your life with extremely well.
Be slow to criticize. And fast to APPRECIATE
Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.
If you don't act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. You can't have all that you want if you remain the person you are. To get more from life, you need to be more in life.