You don't have to start with your dream job, and your idea of what the dream job might be will change during a working life that will have its share of ups and downs, setbacks and advances.
I'm very direct, I don't believe in wasting time, in wasting words.
You need emotional intelligence; to be happy to take risks; to be competitive and to look forward not backwards.
I don't cook at all, and whenever my husband Paul goes away he leaves meals for me and I can't even be bothered to put them in the oven.
Provided someone can persuade me, I will invest in anything.
I am terrible. When I buy stuff, I want it straight away. If it says two to three weeks delivery - no way. I will find somewhere that will deliver it that afternoon.
I have no problem paying taxes. It doesn't bother me, because I want to live in a society that's happy.
I suffer from reverse body dysmorphia. When I look in the mirror I see somebody slimmer. It's quite a shock to see myself on TV, especially on widescreen.
I think the thing about business is that it's not completely separate to life. You're selling to people so it's all about life skills - and common sense.
People shouldn't choose their careers on whether it's cool or not. They should choose their careers on, 'Are they good at it, do they love it, is it going to give them a good life?'
The one thing I say, I will invest in anything - I don't care what it is - as long as it doesn't cut across my ethical code, because at the end of the day I want to be able to live with myself. I want to feel proud of what I do.
It can be difficult to find investment for a new business, particularly one which is highly innovative or breaks new ground.
I don't like anything with too much dependency. Children are very dependent, which is probably why we never had them.
I hardly ever swear. So when I do, my husband knows it's extremely serious.
The minute I think 'Oh God, I don't want to do this because I'm scared,' is the moment I have to do something, whatever it is.
I've got a lot of laughter lines. You don't get laughter lines on your face without having a lot of fun in your life.
I have definitely learnt in business that when you have a smart, engaged entrepreneur with good judgement they can really drive even a mediocre business forward so to me the entrepreneur is very important.
People think I am a workaholic but I just love business.
When I sold Weststar Holidays, the idea was to take stock and stop and then decide in life - we were going to travel around the world or whatever we were going to do. After about two weeks my husband said to me, 'Oh for goodness sake Deborah, get yourself a business because this is driving me bonkers.'
I'm quite a restless holidaymaker - I can't lie down on the sand and don't like too much heat.
