What You Don’t Know Can Be Your

When I Was Growing Up, My Dad Would Encourage My Brother And I To Fail. We Would Be Sitting At The Dinner Table And He Would Ask, 'so What Did You Guys Fail At This Week?' If We Didn't Have Something To Contribute, He Would Be Disappointed. When I Did Fail At Something, He'd High-five Me. What I Didn't Realize At The Time Was That He Was Completely Reframing My Definition Of Failure At A Young Age. To Me, Failure Means Not Trying; Failure Isn't The Outcome. If I Have To Look At Myself In The Mirror And Say, 'i Didn't Try That Because I Was Scared,' That Is Failure.

I Did Not Like The Way I Looked In A Pair Of White Pants.

I Made A Conscious Decision Not To Tell Anyone In My Life. Now I Tell People - Don't Tell Anyone Your Idea Until You Have Invested Enough Of Yourself In It That You Are Not Going To Turn Back. When A Person Has An Idea At That Conception Moment It Is The Most Vulnerable - One Negative Comment Could Knock You Off Course.

Ideas, Even Million-dollar Ones, Are Most Vulnerable In Their Infancy; Don't Share Them With Too Many People. However, Don't Hide Your Plan From People Who Can Help You Move It Forward.

I'd Get Kicked Out Of Buildings All Day Long, People Would Rip Up My Business Card In My Face. It's A Humbling Business To Be In. But I Knew I Could Sell And I Knew I Wanted To Sell Something I Had Created. I Cut The Feet Out Of Those Pantyhose And I Knew I Was On To Something. This Was It.