Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.

Point out the problems, as long as you have a solution. I don't like critics who aren't doers themselves.

Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.

Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.

Part of creating the future is to follow this consumer. Women are working; we've moved the store to the desk. Now though, she's is in the back of a cab with her iPhone or her iPad, she's tweeting an outfit that her friend is wearing and desperately trying to find out where she got her shoes online.

I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives.

I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.