Be authentic and organic. It can't be forced or it won't work. And most importantly, have fun.

I make up my mind about whether I can trust someone within 60 seconds of meeting them

THERE'S NO OTHER WAY to find out whether or not you'll be successful other than just doing it

I just kind of dive in if I think I can create something that will make a difference and then try to get the numbers to stack up after the event. So most of the things I've done I would not have done if I'd have asked the accountants to look at them before.

Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate success, learn by failure, look for reasons to praise not to criticize, communicate freely and respect each other.

After all - life is not a dress rehearsal!

I don't live my life thinking about "if only." I just try to think positively about the future. We'll never know for certain what would have happened if we'd gone to Iraq. The important thing is that we've got to do everything we can to prevent other wars.