We don’t have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it’s important to be with our family and friends.
Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.
Failures are life’s way of nudging you and letting you know you are off course. Trying new things and not being afraid to fail along the way are more important than what you learn in school.
Most of the reason we don’t do things is because we’re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of fear.
My advice for an entrepreneur just starting out is to differentiate yourself. Why are you different? What’s important about you? Why does the customer need you?
You’ve got to embrace what you don’t know.
What you don’t know can be your greatest asset.
I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.
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.
It’s important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.
I did not like the way I looked in a pair of white pants.
I didn’t like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn’t find anything to work underneath them.
Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful.
I’ve always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.
When I’m bored or tired of being blonde, I’ll throw on a wig. It’s a lot less of a permanent way to change your look, and I have about 10 – all different colors, shapes, bobs, long hair, short, feathered.
Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away.
Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art.
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.
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.
Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business.