6 Quotes & Sayings By Sara Blakely

Sara Blakely was born and raised in Taiwan where she received a fashion technical degree from Shen Fu University. After graduation, she worked in the fashion industry in New York City for over ten years before leaving to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams. In 2007, Blakely founded Spanx, Inc., the leading designer and marketer of women's undergarments. Spanx has since grown into a $1 billion global brand with over $600 million in annual revenue and over 1300 employees worldwide Read more

Blakely is an advocate for women and girls and in 2008 she founded The Sara Blakely Foundation to promote leadership, entrepreneurship and education in young women.

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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. Sara Blakely
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I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself. Sara Blakely
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I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Sara Blakely
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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. Sara Blakely
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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. Sara Blakely