American - Businesswoman | February 27, 1971 -
Trust your gut.
Sara Blakely
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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.
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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 going to be an aspirational brand that transcends categories. There's so many things we can improve upon and make better.
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I've always had that gratitude that I had the opportunity to pursue my potential. So I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.
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I couldn't figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time.
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It's really a full-time job to manage our lives.
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Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.
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I'd never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn't exist.
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I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.
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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.
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When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self employed prior to this happening. It was my mental preparation meeting the opportunity in that moment.
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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.
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