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Sara Blakely

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

Sara Blakely

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Sara Blakely’s dad taught her to see failure as a necessary part of learning by expecting her to share what she didn’t succeed at regularly, making it clear that avoiding effort was the real failure. This approach helped her understand early on that not attempting something is worse than not succeeding.

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