Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others.

Do something to make more money yourself - spend less time drinking or smoking and socialising, and more time working.

It was very difficult. We don't advertise this much, but those years that we went through were hell. I don't want to overstate the situation, but everything was mortgaged to the hilt, cash was a real problem, and it did limit what we were able to do.

My father's vision was to see the Pilbara developed in a way that would benefit his beloved north, and West Australia and he wanted to see Australia become a stronger economy benefiting from the development of our north. His life was spent pursuing that vision.