In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.

When you live for others' opinions, you are dead. I don't want to live thinking about how I'll be remembered.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is.

When it rains, you put up an umbrella. That is the secret of success in business and management.