To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
"To laugh often and much;
Your business is never really good or bad "out there" your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears.
"There is no way to success in our art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day
"Self-trust is the first secret of success." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If A equal success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut." Albert Einstein
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas Edison
"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do." Bob Dylan
"Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them." Dick Van Dyke
Obviously, there is little you can learn from doing nothing.