I'm fortunate to have success, but it was a long and challenging road, so I try to make that not be the case for other women.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Success is hard in general for most women. We now have such busy lives, and we're told we can do everything - you know, we can have the relationship and the marriage and the kids and the career.
If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is.
Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.
It is really important for women to look up and see other women being successful. When I was in that position, all I wanted to do was blend in and be one of the guys.
I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.
There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing.
Success is tricky to deal with, both professionally and in your personal life.
I've traveled around the world and made love with many satisfied women. So I decided to share my story.
I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'