On 'The Apprentice,' I'm 100 per cent certain I'm paid the same as Claude Littner. I insisted on equality when I negotiated my contract. I would not have allowed anything else.

The biggest lesson my kids have taught me is to find the joy in little things, along with a healthy dose of patience.

Though I don't have time to go to the gym, I am fit and active, and have a healthy diet.

The world is divided into three types of people in business: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened.

The characteristics of successful business people, whether they are male or female, are very similar. It's about determination, it's about enthusiasm, it's about strategy, it's about communication, it's about integrity. And sometimes men and women display those differently but fundamentally they are the same qualities.

Though I don't have time to go to the gym, I am fit and active, and have a healthy diet.

The one thing I wanted was independence. And I realised to have that independence, you needed financial independence.

The most important characteristics you need to succeed in business are resilience, determination and persistence.