I think that being a business a leader that treads all over people to get to the top is actually not the way I think to become a successful business leader.

First of all, if you're setting up a new company, you want to try to find a brand that can work on a global basis.

When people warn me against doing something once my mind is made up, I grow increasingly determined to try it.

Lead by listening - to be a good leader you have to be a great listener.

People who work for me are working for what I believe in. The leaders who run our companies do so on the basis of those who came first and who said, "A company is its people." I hope my companies are run on the basis of praising their workers and looking for the best in them, not criticizing them. In the same way that you water a plant and it sprouts leaves, people flourish when you praise them.

I do believe the harder you work, the luckier you get.

Consider getting smaller in order to get bigger.