The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number's up.

Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.

Failures are life's way of nudging you and letting you know you are off course. Trying new things and not being afraid to fail along the way are more important than what you learn in school.

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.

The smartest thing I ever did was to hire my weakness.

Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business.

Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else