“This is your one and only precious life. Somebody’s going to decide how it’s going to be lived and that person had better be you.”

“Work/life balance is not about escaping work. It’s about living exactly the way you want to when you’re at work.”

“Let’s get right on top of the bottom line: You must live your personal values at work.”

“Values are deeply held personal beliefs that form your own priority code for living.”

“Unfortunately, there’s no law against being smart and living stupid, no matter how harmful it may be to you. You can unknowingly ricochet away from your deepest values because you’ve mistakenly come to believe you don’t deserve to live them—and spend much of your life sabotaging what you want most by aiming for just the opposite. This doesn’t mean your values haven’t always been your values. They’re driving you still and they’re waiting for you still. Toss them away as forcefully as you want, then duck: boomerang.”

“Why live my personal values at work? This is an excellent question to ask. If your attorneys are planning an insanity defense.”

“You’ll give up nothing to live your personal values at work. The same can’t be said about choosing not to.”