One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it.
Take the best out of everything and adapt it to your needs.
Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.
I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
It was almost as if I had a right to win. Thinking like that often seems to turn into sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.