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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
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Stand-Up Comedian
Clearwater
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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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There is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, 'Where is the hidden blessing? What is my gift?'
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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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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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My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.
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It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.
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When I was 7, I came up with the idea of 'charm socks.' My mom would take me to buy bags of plastic charms, we would sew them on frilly white socks, and I sold them at school.
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Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away.
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Don't solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can help move your idea forward, but if you're just looking to your friend, co-worker, husband or wife for validation, be careful. It can stop a lot of multimillion-dollar ideas in their tracks in the beginning.
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Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.
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My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.
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Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.
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You’ve got to embrace what you don’t know.
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What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone's not put a lot of effort into their look.
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Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better'?
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With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting a business and growing a business, every day is learning how to manage obstacles.
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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.
Sara Blakely
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'm obsessed with the customer. I am the customer. I really don't think you can go wrong if you don't take your eye off of that. Serving the customer. How does she feel? I feel like the fashion industry has cared a lot about how we look but not about how we feel.
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My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.
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