Pick Partners With Intelligence, Energy and Integrity

self-esteem is a reputation that you have with yourself. You'll always know

delegate to people who are actually good at the thing that you want them to do.

If you're trying to keep someone motivated for the long term that motivation has to come intrinsically you can't just create it nor can you be the crutch for them if they don't have that intrinsic motivation

The more someone is saying that their moral and ethical and high integrity the less likely they are to be that way.