It's a given that if you start your own business, you're going to be (1) in control of your destiny, and (2) real busy.

Never hesitate to show your own staff that you need help. They need to be reminded how important they are to the process. In life and in business, we rely on each other to be responsible for individual tasks that benefit everyone. People sometimes forget how much interdependence there really is in a successful business. Learn the art of asking for help to empower and motivate others, and you will have learned a very powerful management strategy.

Nine times out of ten you take the first step in creating your own universe by picking up the phone.

Just because you made a mistake doesn't mean you are a mistake.

Success is the process of not accepting failure.

You're never too young or too old to make your own kind of mark in your own kind of time. You're never the wrong age to release the power within you to create the life you deserve.

In our family, being powerful means you never, ever apologize for being a woman.