Motivation Mottos

I suspect this is mistitled:

The Western Elite from a Chinese Perspective

I like the guy's perspective, but it seems a bit overgeneralized. I think his perspective may be more individual than he realized. Still, it's an interesting article.

This is about a class at Stanford business school:

'Many of the students had worked for nonprofits or health care or tech companies, all of which had mottos about changing the world, saving lives, saving the planet, etc. The professor seemed to like these mottos. I told him that at Goldman our motto was “be long-term greedy.” The professor couldn’t understand this motto or why it was inspiring. I explained to him that everyone else in the market was short-term greedy and, as a result, we took all their money. Since traders like money, this was inspiring. He asked if perhaps there was another motto or logo that my other classmates might connect with. I told him about the black swan I kept on my desk as a reminder that low probability events happen with high frequency. He didn’t like that motto either and decided to call on another student, who had worked at Pfizer. Their motto was “all people deserve to live healthy lives.” The professor thought this was much better.'

Apparently corporate mottos need
Not to mention the motive of greed.