Anything man-made can be changed. Re-engineering will fail if it just consists of making fewer people do the same unnecessary work. Be obsessed with quality to the point of irrationality. Learn your customer's business. Make your customer's life easier.
Corporations exist to make money for their stockholders.
Eat right and exercise. Don't skip meals and work outs when you get busy. That's when you need them most. Don't trust anyone who always takes the company line. Don't trust anyone who shaves his sideburns all the way off.