The company’s goal is simple: hire someone who can hit the ground running, ideally bringing skills and clients who can create value from day one.

If that's not possible, you'd best make your company extract as much profit from you as soon as possible; otherwise, this arrangement won't last.

Being nice to you is nothing more than about being profitable; treating you poorly is nothing more about being profitable too.

If a young girl knows her parents love her, she'll say, I want candy. If an employee knows fairness is foreseeable, he'll say, I want a raise. Conversely, if a girl knows her parents don't love her, she'll say, My brother wants candy—I'll go fetch it for him, and maybe sneak a lick. If an employee knows fairness is hopeless, he'll say, There's a project that could really profit the company—why don't you send me to give it a try?

Either you proactively grow, or you're forced to grow.》The Essentials of a Businessman