Some people achieve the top of the ladder and only then realise it was standing against the wrong wall.
Satisfied needs do not motivate. It's only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival - to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated.
Before you wonder "Am I doing things right?" wonder "Am I doing the right things?"
In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.
Leaders are not born or made - they are self made
Time management is a misnomer, the challenge is to manage ourselves.