I love hearing the backstory to how successful businesses are started from scratch and turned into uber-successful enterprises. Sara Blakely is the founder and principal owner of Spanx, a company which changed the game in women's hosiery, and made her a billionaire in the process.
Sara's taken her show on the road and now speaks at multiple events regarding her struggle to build the company. After listening to her story here are five key takeaways I got from her story that all us aspiring
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Work and Rewards
Most of the time, the effort and the rewards don't come at the same time. Well, the critical rewards at least.
As Steven Pressfield teaches us, the REAL reward of our work is the work itself. As a true professional we never truly own the money, fame, or accolades of our work. We "lease" all that stuff and make payments on it each and every day with the hours of hard work we put in. I agree with Pressfield wholeheartedly when he says the only thing we have a right to is the work itself, not
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TEDx Presentation: Pressure and Personal Growth
The video above is my talk at TEDx MillRiver back in late April. The talk was inspired by a previous post of mine called "How to tell if an endeavor is right for you" relating to pressure-filled situations and knowing which ones will bear fruit. The TEDx event itself was a beaming success with 100+ attendees, great presenters with revolutionary ideas, and some great conversations being held during the intermissions amongst a diverse crowd of professionals.
If you're interested in checking
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