This is what makes the cut in business...

[NickPapageorgio]

All I have seen in this business, when it comes to boards anyway, is smoke and mirrors. I learned a long time ago, believe half of what you see with your own two eyes and nothing of what you hear. To any newbie reading this...that is the best single piece of advice I could give you. Don't believe the hype. Unless you personally see it with your own eyes, (and even then have your doubts) don't believe it, don't trust it, don't pay it any mind. You may just find yourself chasing shadows and ghosts.

That being said, as long as my bills are paid, my wife is happy, my business associates are satisfied with my work and my kids get what they want for christmas...I could give a rats ass what any of ya do. That is an ethic that has eluded many in this business me thinks. I subscribe to the "my own backyard" rule first and foremost.

It's like any other business though I suppose. Hell, when I was in lowly construction, one of the main topics of conversation amongst the workers was always what someone else was earning and the fact that they didn't deserve that kind of money, as opposed to conversations about what they could do as individuals to increase their own revenue. I guess it probably transcends every job in every market place.