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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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Sara Blakely
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 27
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Patron Of The Arts
Stand-Up Comedian
Clearwater
Florida
Motivational
Powerful
Moving
Going
Snapshot
Snapshots
Incredibly
Mental
Toward

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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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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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I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.
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Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset.
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Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else
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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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Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away.
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Most of us want to tell our coworkers or friends, or husbands or wives, our ideas. For what reason? We want validation. But I feel ideas are most vulnerable in their infancy. Out of love and concern, friends and family give all the reasons or objections on why [you] shouldn't do it. I didn't want to risk that.
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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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I didn't want women to walk out of the dressing rooms feeling depressed and wanting a cocktail.
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My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.
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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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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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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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I feel like money makes you more of who you already are.
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I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.
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Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.
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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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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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