Make Yourself Indispensable Through Extra Hours and Skills

"I've never understood why everybody else doesn't do the same thing-make himself indispensable on the job."

"Woody Allen once said that 80 percent of life is just showing up. I believe that. You can never have complete mastery over your existence. You can't choose the advantages you start out with, and you certainly can't pick your genetic intelligence level. But you can control how hard you work."

"Young people starting their careers today are too impatient for current compensation, at the expense of continuing their education and giving their jobs a chance. Get back to work. Forget the money today. There's plenty of time for that later. Novices should go to the best firm they can get into-and then shut up and learn those few things they don't happen to know already."