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Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

Sara Blakely

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Sara Blakely
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 27
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Patron Of The Arts
Stand-Up Comedian
Clearwater
Florida
Else
Things
Intimidated
Empowered
Ensure
Differently
Female
Everyone

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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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Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself.
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