I have taken this information from my grandpa he was also a business man, hope it will help you..
Respect - as the saying goes, respect is earned not bought. And I don't mean the fake respect often bestowed upon a person in authority (like your boss) simply because you want / need something from them, no matter how they treat you. Skill - I like to think that I am a fairly decent cyclist. But the truth is, no matter how much I try to delude myself, I'm not. I've got all the gear (and no idea), enter races but never win anything and fall off quite a lot. But why? I train hard, have read countless books about technique, Time - something of a cliche I suppose but it's true that money simply can't buy you more time. You can add more resource to make matters move on more swiftly but a time deadline is finite (unless you can negotiate an extension of course). And the clock is always against us, whether we don't have sufficient time to complete a task or even Reputation - in the same way as respect, your reputation is earned (albeit sometimes unfairly). You could splash the cash and employ a PR agent to work on your reputation but the truth (particularly in this age of social media) will almost always come out (particularly if you are trying to hide some aspect of your reputation). Work-Life balance - "You can earn millions or zillions of dollars, but that money cannot buy you work-life balance. You yourself have to manage it". According to research there is a tipping point of roughly $50k per annum where you sacrifice your work-life balance in favour of your career.
