Little things do matter. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. In most other ways, things are rarely what they at first seem. When you're the only one who stands to benefit from a project, no one really stands to benefit. People's feelings matter.
Time does fly.
No enterprise is worth your energy for external results alone. And money isn't everything. Whenever you're tempted to think otherwise and flout any of these basic truths, beware of self-deception. Self-deception is such a powerful force in our lives that we cannot guarantee, even if we do spot it in operation, that we will be able to recognize it as such and overturn its recommendations. But we can be watchful, and, understanding its pervasiveness in human thought, we can at least be less vulnerable to its depredations.