Walking on a road without seeing and planning for what's down the road will almost certainly catch you off-guard and may turn out to be a harsh blow, sometime or other.

Those who work hard and constantly seek to be visible to their superiors, those who showcase their hard work, are the ones who advance to positions of greater power and responsibility.

Many of us have this mind-set which considers self-promotion a taboo.

Move out of your comfort zone, develop those necessary skills and go all out for that much needed advancement!

Use social events, social networks and every get-together at work to build a stronger brand YOU!

Accept the fact that you are fully responsible for your career.

Put time and effort to promote your personal brand.

Information is the key to success, anywhere and everywhere. Right information matters the most. This applies to your work place too.

Understand that success is not an accident, but a planned event.

A lot happens just beneath the surface.

Formal business situations are likely to be the least revealing because these are the times when all of us are most likely to have our ‘game faces' on.

The longings of the human heart are changeable and elusive. The good fortune we enjoy today may not be appreciated until it has been taken away and we have to fight and try to get it back (p.132)

If it doesn't sell it isn't creative.

When we free ourselves from the constraints of ordinary goals and uninformed scoffers we will find ourselves roaring off the face of the earth.

I think some people still don't really know what ethical fashion is.

Hey, we've all been to high school We've seen the in-crowds. Most of us have been in the outer crowds, the people who weren't in. Although I was never in, I was selling records and was very happy.

Live Aid did feel like one hour's rehearsal after several years, but to be part of Live Aid was wonderful. It reall was.

The first time I showed the tattoo it was big news in the newspaper. 'She has a tattoo with a snake.' It's not a snake!

Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.

I'm a wife and a mother. I don't want to be immature; I have to be ready at all times.

I care about making music and I care about creating experiences for my fans with my music and my videos and my performances.