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I Took A Fear Of Flying Class, And I Always Missed The Class, Because I Was Always Flying.

Everything About My Journey To Get Spanx Off The Ground Entailed Me Having To Be A Salesperson - From Going To The Hosiery Mills To Get A Prototype Made To Calling Saks Fifth Avenue And Neiman Marcus. I Had To Position Myself To Get Five Minutes In The Door With Buyers.

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 Painful System, But Shopping Is Even Better When You Know That Someone Else Who Needs It Will Be Getting. Keep The Clothing Karma Going, I Say.

Most Of Us Want To Tell Our Coworkers Or Friends, Or Husbands Or Wives, Our Ideas. For What Reason? We Want Validation. But I Feel Ideas Are Most Vulnerable In Their Infancy. Out Of Love And Concern, Friends And Family Give All The Reasons Or Objections On Why [you] Shouldn't Do It. I Didn't Want To Risk That.

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.