Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business.

My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

What you don’t know can be your greatest asset.

Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.

Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I've worked hard on being a courageous person.

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

My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.