If you aim higher than you expect, you could reach higher than you dreamed.

Focus on your business strengths and keep its weaknesses away from the competition or public.

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.

I was trouble - and always in trouble. Aged eight I still couldn't read. In fact, I was dyslexic and short-sighted. Despite sitting at the front of the class, I couldn't read the blackboard. Only after a couple of terms did anyone think to have my eyes tested. Even when I could see, the letters and numbers made no sense at all.

Realize that the people who are working with you, this is their life. You know, 80% of their time is spent at work. Make sure that they're proud of what they're doing, that they're enjoying what they're doing.

To succeed in business you need to be original, but you also need to understand what your customers want.

Life can seem rather unreal at times. Alive and well and loving one day. No longer there the next.