1. Estée Lauder, co-founder of Estée Lauder Companies
"I didn't get here by dreaming or thinking about it. I got here by doing it."
2. Bestselling-romance author Nora Roberts
"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have
it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step
forward, you're always in the same place.”
3. Rachael Ray, businesswoman and TV personality
“Decide what it is that you are and then stay true to
that thing. My brand is based very much on how I live my day-to-day
life.”
4. Co-founder of CanWest Global Communications Gerry Schwartz
“I enjoy the independence of single-handling a boat. I
like controlling the elements, making the wind and the waves and the
water work for me.”
5. Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay cosmetics
"We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.
If you don't know where you are aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal
is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, 'she
cared.'"
6. Richard Branson, serial entrepreneur and founder of Virgin Group
"I believe in benevolent dictatorship, provided I am the dictator."
7. Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple
“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most
important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in
life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride,
all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in
the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering
that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of
thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no
reason not to follow your heart.”
8. Serial entrepreneur and real-estate mogul Donald Trump
“I wasn’t satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.”
9. Niklas Zennström, co-founder of Skype
"If you want to be an entrepreneur, it's not a job, it's
a lifestyle. It defines you. Forget about vacations, about going
home at 6 p.m. Last thing at night you'll send emails, first thing in
the morning you'll read emails, and you'll wake up in the middle of the
night. But it's hugely rewarding, as you're fulfilling something for
yourself."
10. Former CEO of United Artists and film producer Jerry Weintraub
"I learned I'm not a good executive. I'm an entrepreneur, and I'm creative. I have to go with my gut and do what I want to do."
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