Sara Blakely, the founder of Spanx, is on the cover of FORTUNE magazine and she took to Instagram to share a story about a dark time in her life to encourage others.
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She revealed that she wanted to study law but she failed the LSAT twice and that put an end to her dream of becoming a lawyer.
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She said she cried into her pillow many times.
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Today, she\’s the founder of an underwear company worth over a billion Dollars and surprised her employees last month with gift of $10,000 each and two first-class tickets each to anywhere in the world. Sara sold a majority stake in Spanx to Blackstone recently, and the deal valued the shapewear company at $1.2 billion which made the founder a billionaire once more.
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Sara encouraged people whose dreams have been derailed to \”hang in there\” as she shared her story.
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