Don't solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
The word 'Spanx' was funny. It made people laugh. No one ever forgot it. — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
Ideas, even million-dollar ones, are most vulnerable in their infancy; don't share them with too many people. However, don't hide your plan… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people - don't tell anyone your idea… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire. — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top. — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself. — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
