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Trust your gut.
Embrace what you don`t know
You’ve got to embrace what you don’t know.
You've got to embrace what you don't know.
Everything in our society is so purposeful.
Don't be intimidated by what you don't know.
What you don’t know can be your greatest asset.
It's really a full-time job to manage our lives.
Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art.
Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better'?
Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding
The smartest thing I ever did was to hire my weakness.
Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else
Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away.
I feel like money makes you more of who you already are.
We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.
I did not like the way I looked in a pair of white pants.
Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business.
Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.
If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.
I aim to be pretty - I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties.
The word 'Spanx' was funny. It made people laugh. No one ever forgot it.
My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.
Failure is not the outcome - failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.
I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.
Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset.
My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.
I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.
I'd never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn't exist.
I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.
Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I've worked hard on being a courageous person.
I didn't want women to walk out of the dressing rooms feeling depressed and wanting a cocktail.
I couldn't figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time.
Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself.
It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.
I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.
When something I can't control happens, I ask myself : where is the hidden gift, where is the positive in this?
I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience.
What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone's not put a lot of effort into their look.
The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number's up.
Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful.
I think very early on in life we all learn what we're good at and what we're not good at, and we stay where it's safe.
I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.
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.
We don't have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it's important to be with our family and friends.
Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before a speech.
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.
My training of cold-calling and everyone under the sun telling me no, and my keeping going, was a huge part of the first two years of Spanx.
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.
My first account was Neiman Marcus. I cold-called them just like I had cold-called businesses when I was selling fax machines for seven years.