Damn, a fine post. Read somewhere a long time ago a common trait of long time successful companies is a clear and commonly applied mission statement. It doesn't have to be printed in the company brosure, but has to be a set of core values which describe the company.

What's really nice in this post, and _very_ rare today, is that he stopped the count at 2. It's such a simple thing, and yet so powerful. I have no idea who this guy is, but I think highly of him already.