人生苦短，不能活在他人的梦想里。
Life is too short to be living someone else's dream.
In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.