Sara Blakely Quotes

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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

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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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

  Birthday, Dad, Growing Up

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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.

  Sara Blakely

  Motivational, Powerful, Moving

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• Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.

  Sara Blakely

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Business

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• 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.

  Sara Blakely

  Years, Polaroids, Clear

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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

  Attitude, Thinking, People

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• Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away.

  Sara Blakely

  Fun, Giving

  “Sara Blakely: a woman with a great grasp of figures” by Zoe Wood, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2012.

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• I feel like money makes you more of who you already are.

  Sara Blakely

  Feels

  “Sara Blakely: a woman with a great grasp of figures” by Zoe Wood, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2012.

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• Failure is not the outcome - failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

  Sara Blakely

  Inspiration, Resilience, Trying

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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.

  Sara Blakely

  Blessing, Brain, Growing

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• Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better'?

  Sara Blakely

  Energy

  "Smooth Moves" by Alexandra Jacobs, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2011.

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• The smartest thing I ever did was to hire my weakness.

  Sara Blakely

  Weakness

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• It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.

  Sara Blakely

  Mistake, Memorable, Important

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• My advice for an entrepreneur just starting out is to differentiate yourself. Why are you different? What’s important about you? Why does the customer need you?

  Sara Blakely

  Entrepreneur, Advice, Important

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• Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing how they have always been done, you're guaranteed to do them differently.

  Sara Blakely

  Optimistic, Knowing, Scare

  "INSTANT MBA: 'If You Do Things Without Knowing How They've Always Been Done, You're Guaranteed To Do Them Differently'" by Patricia Laya, www.businessinsider.com. July 25, 2011.

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• I'd never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn't exist.

  Sara Blakely

  Fashion, Retail, Needed

  "Spanx creator Sara Blakely becomes youngest woman on Forbes Billionaires List". www.foxnews.com. March 08, 2012.

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• Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

  Sara Blakely

  Female, Powerful Women, Empowering Women

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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.

  Sara Blakely

  Thinking, Vision, Snapshots

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• When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner table and he would ask, 'So what did you guys fail at this week?' If we didn't have something to contribute, he would be disappointed. When I did fail at something, he'd high-five me. What I didn't realize at the time was that he was completely reframing my definition of failure at a young age. To me, failure means not trying; failure isn't the outcome. If I have to look at myself in the mirror and say, 'I didn't try that because I was scared,' that is failure.

  Sara Blakely

  Success, Brother, Growing Up

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• I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it.

  Sara Blakely

  Rip, Cutting, Feet

  “The woman in control of America's bottom” by Louise France, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2008.

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• Most of the reason we don’t do things is because we’re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of fear.

  Sara Blakely

  Decision, One Day, Failing

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• If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.

  Sara Blakely

  Moon, Men, Pantyhose

  “The woman in control of America's bottom” by Louise France, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2008.

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• I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.

  Sara Blakely

  Thinking, Way, Perceive

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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.

  Sara Blakely

  Trying, Age, Want

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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.

  Sara Blakely

  Motivational, School, Important

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