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My philosophy is that you sell things for more than you bought them.

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Sophia Amoruso
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 20
Businessperson
San Diego
California
Sophia Christina Amoruso
Bought
Sell
Sells
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No matter where you are in life, you'll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.
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Treat your mind like your money, don't waste it.
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That has been challenging but also such a pleasure to branch out and do different things.
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Dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results
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Focus on the positive things in your life and you'll be shocked at how many more positive things start happening
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The biggest challenge is people thinking you know everything going on in your company, because you're at the top of it and you started it. But the thing is, nobody knows everything about anything.
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I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.
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When you think about people, you give them power.
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When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility
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Compete with yourself, not with others.
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I'm not out there picking out every single item that we sell, and also we don't even make every single item that we sell.
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Well advice people have told me that is that, If people aren't suing you, you haven't made it, which I don't necessarily believe but with greater success comes greater responsibility and being one of the few female entrepreneurs who I think has been as public as I have been, you're definitely under a spotlight. It's difficult to manage.
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Our lives are so visual now, with social media and we're constantly shifting gears. Nobody requires a table of contents. Nobody requires that one page leads to the next page, we're okay being surprised by things that are eclectic.
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Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that you’ve always dreamed of, or still haven’t had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.
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The world loves to tell you how difficult things are, and the world's not exaggerating. But difficult doesn't mean impossible, and out of the bajillions of things in this universe that you can't control, what you can control is how hard you try, and if or when to pack it in.
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I wanted to do something really visual and photogenic.
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There's so many moving pieces, but to be as public as I've become and to be at the front and take the brunt of anything that happens is a huge responsibility, but also something that takes some time to step into and that has been really challenging.
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I'm just always making things that are personal but hopefully also inspiring, and share not just my story, but other people's stories.
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I guess it has to be healthy, you have to be honest with yourself and I think that's when ego is okay.
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Knowing when to speak up and when to shut up will get you very far not only in business, but in life.
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