Your company should act as a springboard for ambitious employees, not a set of shackles.

I never went into business just to make money - but I found that if I have fun, the money will come. I often ask myself, is my work fun and does it make me happy? I believe that the answer to that is more important than fame or fortune. If it stops being fun, I ask why? If I can't fix it, I stop doing it.

As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation.

Sometimes miracles come in pairs.

As we drifted to earth I sat up on the glass roof of the capsule, watching the beauty of the golden dawn as it broke over the desert. This was a day I never thought I'd see and the rising sun and growing warmth of the day seemed very precious. It made me aware that hard-won things are more valuable than those that come too easily. It reminded me to always enjoy the moment.

However tight things are, you still need to have the big picture at the forefront of your mind.

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