My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.

When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner table and he would ask, 'So what did you guys fail at this week?' If we didn't have something to contribute, he would be disappointed. When I did fail at something, he'd high-five me. What I didn't realize at the time was that he was completely reframing my definition of failure at a young age. To me, failure means not trying; failure isn't the outcome. If I have to look at myself in the mirror and say, 'I didn't try that because I was scared,' that is failure.

When I was 7, I came up with the idea of 'charm socks.' My mom would take me to buy bags of plastic charms, we would sew them on frilly white socks, and I sold them at school.

When something I can't control happens, I ask myself : where is the hidden gift, where is the positive in this?

I aim to be pretty - I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties.

Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.