Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have.

Money is a scoreboard where you can rank how you're doing against other people.

The number-one job of the hedge-fund manager is not to make sure that you can retire with a smile on your face - it's for him to retire with a smile on his face.

Credit cards are the WORST investment that you can make.

The one thing in life you can control is your effort. Are there any shortcuts in the beauty business? No. That was the first lesson I learned. You can't just rocket to the top.

Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sell your expectations. There are no shortcuts.

You've got to be very cognizant of the correlation between social media links and business because they don't always correlate as highly as people would like.