It is an exhilaratingly terrifying experience, but know that when you make the leap you won't look back and you will become an entrepreneur, one of the few people in our society who has the privilege and honor of owning their own business and being in charge of their lives.

"There's nothing more gratifying to me than helping someone achieve the success that they've always dreamed about while becoming better at the same time. First you learn it, and then you do it. But when you teach it is when you really have to know it."

"I love it. I love that I am in control of what I choose to do. I love that I am home when the kids get off the bus and I can help them with their homework. I love that I can cook dinner for my family and that we actually eat at dinner time and not several hours later. Owning your own business is very challenging and there are days that you will ask yourself if you made the right decision, but anything worth doing is going to be a challenge...if it weren't challenging, none of us would do it. When I look at what I have gained with my children and my husband, it makes the blood, sweat and sometimes tears that I have put into this all worth it!"

"As a Francophone Canadian stepping into a totally new culture, struggling with a new dialect in a foreign country, the transition was not without stress and fear. I will always remember; 6:30 am standing in the airport in Dublin, in the fog and rain with most of my possessions loaded on carts; thinking - What had I done?"