Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.

In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.

When you're a big money earner and your husband isn't, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or 'Mrs. Higgins.'

Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.

The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.

Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.