The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.
We can never really change someone; people must change themselves.
Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.
I am fortunate to have a very helpful team that enables me to spend time doing things that are important but not necessarily urgent. People who have no such team need to also make these larger decisions so that they can cheerfully say No to that which is urgent but not important.
The key to acting with integrity is to simply stop playing the game.
You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.