I had no plans to be an entrepreneur. I just wanted to be a journalist and write for a magazine. At 15, I just decided to leave school and launch a national student magazine.

Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them.

What can you do to make a difference? And why should you do it? (...) the scale of one's social investments doesn't matter. What matters is that you operate as a force for good at every scale available to you.

A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed; but I don't believe that makes good business sense.

Flowers flourish when they're watered, and shrivel up when they're not. People are no different. The best leaders are the ones who look for the best in people.

Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life.

Your brand or your name is simply your reputation, you have to fight in life to protect that as it means everything. Nothing is more important.