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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.

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When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self employed prior to this happening. It was my mental preparation meeting the opportunity in that moment.

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When I was 7, I came up with the idea of 'charm socks.' My mom would take me to buy bags of plastic charms, we would sew them on frilly white socks, and I sold them at school.

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I'm just like so many women - I was frustrated, I had these white pants that I had spent a lot of money on, and you get home and you think, 'What am I really supposed to wear under this?' So it was a frustrated consumer moment.

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I cut the feet off of a pair of panty hose and it allowed me to wear a pair of great strappy sandals. I didn't see lines but the hose rolled up at my feet - and that's how Spanx born.

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My first account was Neiman Marcus. I cold-called them just like I had cold-called businesses when I was selling fax machines for seven years.

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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.

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The word 'Spanx' was funny. It made people laugh. No one ever forgot it.

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Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away.

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I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businesswoman

Born: February 21st, 1971

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