You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
For visions come not to polluted eyes.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.
Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
Looks are part of business. A businessman should never stand out more than his customers. His mannerisms, his clothes, everything about him... Moderation is the key.