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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.

Courage Is Doing Something Despite The Fear, And I've Worked Hard On Being A Courageous Person.

Embrace What You Don't Know, Especially In The Beginning, Because What You Don't Know Can Become Your Greatest Asset. It Ensures That You Will Absolutely Be Doing Things Different From Everybody Else.

I Think Failure Is Nothing More Than Life's Way Of Nudging You That You Are Off Course. My Attitude To Failure Is Not Attached To Outcome, But In Not Trying. It Is Liberating. Most People Attach Failure To Something Not Working Out Or How People Perceive You. This Way, It Is About Answering To Yourself.

I Got A Call From The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Had Chosen Spanx As One Of Her Favorite Products In 2000. I Had Boxes Of Product In My Apartment And I Had Two Weeks Notice That She Was Going To Say She Loved It On Tv And I Had No Shipping Department.