[edw519]

I know you meant well when you posted this, but to me, it came out so wrong.

I complete disagree with, "Focus on yourself."

I would change it to, "Focus on your customers."

Do well by them and you won't have to worry about yourself.

I'd wager that one of the biggest reasons businesses fail is when they forget to focus on their customers. And one of the easiest ways to do this is to focus too much on yourself.

[master]

In our industry, it tends to be that your first, and most important customer, is yourself. A lot of the greatest companies started by fulfilling a personal need; conveniently enough, you don't need to look at the DJIA to tell you whether you need to scratch your own back.