I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead and dream up new products and new companies, I'm an idealist.

If you don't succeed at first, there's no need for the F word (Failure). Pick yourself up and try, try again.

I believe a great company, whether improving a sector or creating a new one, needs to have an excellent product or service at its core; needs strong management to execute the plan and a good brand to give it the edge over its competitors. Providing quality service, combined with value for money and in an innovative way ensures you offer real value - and finally to be responsible to society and the planet.

Education doesn't just take place in stuffy classrooms and university buildings, it can happen everywhere, every day to every person.

About 40 percent of my time is spent on social issues and building new organizations, more for the benefit of the climate or health issues.

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.

If you want milk, don't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in the hope that a cow will back up to you.