Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.

Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.

My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.

I don't invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don't have charisma.

Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.

Don't get cocky just because you've had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you've earned it.

I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.