“The first thing they taught me is to be true to yourself. If it's in your nature to sleep twenty hours a day, as it was for Baker, then go for it and don't let anything get in your way. For Taylor, no one could stop him from sitting like a Buddha, and that was perfectly fine with him.
Next, be the best at what you do. If that happens to be sleeping, then take those paws, put them over your face, and just concentrate. For Taylor, holding staring contests with humans who clearly lacked the skill in comparison helped him to maintain his superior Buddha-like demeanor.
Lastly, never lose sight of your primary purpose in life. I'm not sure if Baker and Taylor had conscious goals, other than Baker's ceaseless quest to find the warmest place in the library and Taylor's desire to personally lick clean every cup of yogurt that crossed his path, but the fact that I never saw them waver in their determination helped me immeasurably in my own life.”