Real estate is my life. It is my day job, if you will. But it consumes my nights and weekends, too.

I generally wake up, exercise and read through a huge amount of newspapers. I get to the office somewhere between 7:30 and 8:00 - my brothers and I are always the first ones in.

Everything about mediocrity kills me.

Honestly, I have a tendency to date dorks. Which means that a lot of times, I date guys that no one else would deem to be a hunk.

I always envisioned myself having a traditional and elegant wedding.

I hate having people sit in on meetings.

I like very strong guys. Successful guys. Not necessarily financially.

I obviously have a great love and appreciation of jewelry, thanks to my mother, much to the dismay of both my father and my boyfriends.

I think my mom threatened to put me up for adoption a few times.

I'm not a clone, and I'm not a minion.

If people think I'm just the boss's daughter, they're deceived.

If people think they can elicit from me whatever terms they want, they are mistaken.

Modeling was not an endgame for me. I didn't particularly enjoy the act of it.

There are enough stories about my family. We have all been in the public eye.

In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.

The country's top chefs, designers, media personalities and businesses are part of this dynamic city. We know that Chicagoans are used to the highest standards.

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.

Hope and fear cannot alter the season.

After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.