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My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.

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Sara Blakely
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 27
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Patron Of The Arts
Stand-Up Comedian
Clearwater
Florida
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Whatever you can think, you can create just have a very clear vision... Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in the blanks to get to that place.
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Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better'?
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You’ve got to embrace what you don’t know.
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I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.
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I didn't want women to walk out of the dressing rooms feeling depressed and wanting a cocktail.
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Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful.
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Everything in our society is so purposeful.
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Failures are life's way of nudging you and letting you know you are off course. Trying new things and not being afraid to fail along the way are more important than what you learn in school.
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You’ve got to visualize where you’re headed and be very clear about it. Take a polaroid picture of where you’re going to be in a few years.
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I aim to be pretty - I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties.
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I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very painful system, but shopping is even better when you know that someone else who needs it will be getting. Keep the clothing karma going, I say.
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Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.
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Embrace what you don`t know
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If somebody can do something 80 percent as good as you think you would have done it yourself, then you've got to let it go.
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The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me want to rebel against it.
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Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself.
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My husband is such a healthy eater. Except when it comes to sweets. He never consumes anything except fruit until noon. And then from noon on he might have some brown rice and some tofu, and then, come eight or nine at night, he orders three mud-pie double-chocolate pieces of cake and eats all three of them.
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Ideas, even million-dollar ones, are most vulnerable in their infancy don't share them with too many people. However, don't hide your plan from people who can help you move it forward.
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