Ideas, Even Million-dollar Ones, Are Most Vulnerable

The Thought Of My Mortality - I Think About It A Lot. I Find It Motivating. It Can Be Any Time That Your Number's Up.

The Smartest Thing I Ever Did Was To Hire My Weakness.

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.

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.

I Think Failure Is Nothing More Than Life's Way Of Nudging You That You Are Off Course.