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… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire. — Sara Blakely Copy Share
With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting a business… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top. — Sara Blakely Copy Share
In the next decade, I see Spanx going worldwide. Everywhere. No butt left behind. It's going to be all over the world and it's… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
Within the first year of launching my company, Spanx, I decided to go over to England and cold-call Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges the… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful. — Sara Blakely Copy Share
Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself. — Sara Blakely Copy Share
I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
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… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. — Sara Blakely Copy Share
The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number's… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
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… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
