To be entirely honest, I am an extremely confident person, and I don't think I would have gotten into this business if I felt that I wasn't going to succeed and I intend to be in this business, for the rest of my life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The minute I went into business, I was a success, and I've done well ever since.
I was once told that I had become too confident and that it made me less likeable. Many successful people will get this at some point, because the people who haven't followed a similar path can be threatened by someone who has and is unabashed about it.
Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'
I can't say I'm surprised I was successful. I was determined - and I got it.
I've been successful because I've never been someone to shy away from taking responsibility.
It doesn't matter how successful you are in this business, it's tough to get through the next door.
Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.
You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it.
I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of'.
In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.