WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Sara Blakely

Entrepreneur & self-made billionaire

Portrait of Sara Blakely
Born
27 February 1971
Died
Living
Lived in
Clearwater, Florida & Atlanta, Georgia

Sara Blakely is an American entrepreneur and the founder of Spanx. After working in sales, she developed her first product with her own savings, wrote much of the original patent application herself, and built the idea into an international clothing company.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

Her first prototype began when she cut the feet off a pair of control-top pantyhose before a party because she wanted the shaping effect without covered toes.

Words by Sara Blakely

“Failure is not the outcome. Failure is not trying.”
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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.”
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“Do what you love and don’t take no for an answer.”
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“Dark times are really fertile ground for change... something about being at rock bottom inspires you to look up. Where can I go from here? Anywhere!”
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“There is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, ‘Where is the hidden blessing? What is my gift?’”
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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.”
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