Angela Ahrendts

To any CEO who's skeptical at all, you have to create a social enterprise today; you have to be totally connected with everyone who touches your brand.

The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore.

In China, you've got six people buying for one child. But the thing is, you've got the largest rising upper-middle class in the world.

Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct - a gift of knowing without reasoning... Belief is ignited by hope and supported by facts and evidence - it builds alignment and creates confidence. Belief is what sets energy in motion and creates the success that breeds more success.

I have learned to listen and to hone my instincts to be perceptive and be receptive to change, to constantly live in ambiguity.

Think of energy almost like emotional electricity. It has a powerful way of uniting ordinary people, their connected spirit, to do extraordinary things.

I know it might sound weird, but empathy is one of the greatest creators of energy. It's counterintuitive because it's selfless.

Computers and smart devices are among the greatest intellectual gifts ever created for man but, if not balanced with human contact, may offer little to develop one's heart.

The more technologically advanced our society becomes, the more we need to go back to the basic fundamentals of human communication.

At their core, an influencer creates an empowering human connection.

Balance' is a really big word for me.

Ninety-five percent of the time, I put myself in somebody else's position - that's how I live.