Five Life Lessons We Can Learn From Spanx Founder Sara Blakely

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Get that pen and paper out, lovers. Here are the five very important life lessons we could all learn by diving into the journey of self-made billionaire Spanx Founder Sara Blakely! We end things with a question from a listener who is contemplating quitting her soul-sucking 9-5 in pursuit of a culinary arts career.

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Theme song: "Busy Old Sun" by Vaudeville

Cover Art: Jenny Lam @jennylamalam

Editing: Kelly & Red @kellylansing @missredventure

Sources

How I Built This with Guy Raz - https://www.npr.org/2017/08/15/534771839/spanx-sara-blakely

Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2012/05/23/10-lessons-i-learned-from-sara-blakely-that-you-wont-hear-in-business-school/

https://www.johnmillen.com/blog/4-leadership-lessons-from-self-made-billionaire-spanx-ceo-sara-blakely

https://leaders.com/articles/women-in-business/sara-blakely-spanx/

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