Within the first year of launching my company, Spanx, I decided to go over to England and cold-call Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges the same way I had cold-called Neiman Marcus, Saks, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale's here in the United States.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.

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

Embrace what you don`t know

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

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.

I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.