INSTANT MBA: 'Success Is Not About Money. It's Not About Power. It's About Leaving.'

Today's advice comes from Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox, via Fortune: "Success is not about money. It's not about power. It's about leaving. [My mother] would always say that you have to leave the place -- any place you are -- a little bit better than you came in." Burns recounted her mother's advice in this article because she says her mother was a huge influence in her life and was desperate to make sure her three kids were well-educated. Burns started at Xerox as an engineering intern in 1980 an...