You have to have passion when you're finding a recipe for a career. If you love what you are doing, you'll never work a day in your life.

You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.

My role is to coach, encourage, inspire, motivate, and help people.

Number one, I absolutely love making chocolate chip cookies. I mean, it's fun. It's exciting. Beyond the fact that I love making them, I love eating them.

What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself.

I love making people smile. I get so much energy through interacting and feeling like I've made a difference, a small difference.

I'm not a "what if." I want to just do it, try it, give it my all, and if it's not meant to be, I can accept that. But I had to do it.