It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.

I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people - don't tell anyone your idea until you have invested enough of yourself in it that you are not going to turn back. When a person has an idea at that conception moment it is the most vulnerable - one negative comment could knock you off course.

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself.

Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better'?

I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.

I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.