A Shining Example that Achievement Knows No Gender
Sara Blakely – Spanx in the Museum of Modern Art
In her words:
Thinking about how it all started — cutting the feet out of my pantyhose in my apartment, trying to solve a problem for myself. No business plan. No experience.
Just an idea and a lot of determination.
See the emotion for yourself
What I Feel Watching The Post
True Role Model Parenting.
T: “Wait, Mommy did you make that pair or did they make it?”
S: “I made that pair.”
T: “So, **you** have touched that pair?”
S: “Yessss … That’s really cool.
S: [25 years in the making] …in my apartment thinking was I crazy, will anybody buy it, will it make a difference in women’s lives.
Ah definitely getting emotional”
Thank you for showing us that achievement knows no gender. May fortune remain the result of your ability to become more.
Learn more from MoMA here:
Spanx, est. 2000, Sara Blakely “OnCore” high-waisted mid-thigh short 2017
Lastly, for all of you working to create something, facing the same questions Sara Blakely did when she first started, the following comes to mind.
The Lesson My Mentors Taught Me That Comes Top of Mind
Great Struggles
We learn about our own strengths and limits and extend them
by overcoming difficulties, by straining ourselves to the
utmost, by meeting challenge and hardship; even failing.
There can be great enjoyment in a great struggle and this can
displace fear. Furthermore, this is the best path to healthy
self-esteem, which is based not only upon approval from others,
but also upon actual achievements and successes and upon the
realistic self-confidence which ensues!— Abraham Maslow
About Jeremy
Jeremy Victor is a father, coach, and senior executive in the digital health industry. He writes about leadership, emotional intelligence, and the modernization of work in the AI-first, always-on economy. His mission: help people—and the systems they work in—Become More. Join Jeremy online at his Substack: Business at the Speed of AI, LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok, OneMORE Minute.
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