The bigger the dream, the greater the opportunity

Some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn't you have fun at work?

Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for the perfect moment - they create it

Tough times are inevitable in life and in business. But how you compose yourself during those times defines your spirit and will define your future.

When employees tell you about their good ideas for the business, don't limit your response to asking questions, taking notes and following up. If you can, ask those people to lead their projects and take responsibility for them. From those experiences, they will then have built the confidence to take on more and you can take a further step back.

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.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.