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.

I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.

I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.

With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting a business and growing a business, every day is learning how to manage obstacles.

If somebody can do something 80 percent as good as you think you would have done it yourself, then you've got to let it go.

When something I can't control happens, I ask myself : where is the hidden gift, where is the positive in this?

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