Money is only interesting for what it lets you do and create.

If family or friends are unwell or ill - it's perhaps the only thing that really can make one feel vulnerable.

Meet regularly with your business team and brainstorm. Intricate business problems are mostly resolved at brainstorming sessions.

Grow internally first. Strengthen your bottom line first before considering external growth.

Growth does not always lead a business to build on success. All too often it converts a highly successful business into a mediocre large business.

As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to be good at helping people run the individual businesses, and I have to be willing to step back. The company must be set up so it can continue without me.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.