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" Every woman who has a business book has a platform. For the most part, they're either a television personality or someone who had the perfect pedigree and worked their way up the career ladder. "

Sophia Amoruso

Personality

Woman

Way

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Sophia Amoruso

Parents

Money

" There are a lot of parents who've come to me and said about their daughters, 'Oh my God, she's 21, she's totally flailing. Your story gives me hope.' I put my mom through that. "

" I can be pretty reactive, and I've learned over time to be less reactive: to stop and think before I make decisions. "

" I want people to feel the freedom to be themselves. "

" I can show up at a Goldman Sachs conference wearing a Judas Priest T-shirt - and I have - while everyone else is wearing the same dress. "

" When I was 22, I wasn't too proud to do anything. I was taking out trash, buying stinky vintage clothes, and pulling gross Kleenex out of the pockets. "

" EBay gave me the framework to discover I was an e-commerce entrepreneur. I touched everything, from shipping to logistics. "

" You want to know what four words I probably hate the most? 'That's not my job.' "

" I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don't ever grow up. Don't become a bore. Don't let The Man get to you. "

" Money looks better in the bank than on your feet. "

" Lots of people are going to sell clothes online. But not a lot of people have built a brand, a living, breathing brand that people feel like they're part of. "

" I don't have a lot of style icons. There are not a lot of people today who I look to. "

" If you knew what you wanted to be when you were 6 years old - great! If you have no idea what you want to be, that's OK! "

" You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are. "

" It takes a lot more than just knowing how to put an outfit together to succeed in the fashion industry, so more power to you if this is where you want to be; just don't expect it to be an extended trip to the mall. "

" Success is a scary concept because it assumes something kind of final. In the grand scheme of life, I don't think there is some ultimate success. "

" I think many people go to business school and learn ways to play it safe, ensuring that they avoid some of the pain that entrepreneurs endure while taking less calculated risks. "

" Failure is your invention. "

" Don't act like you've arrived when you're just receiving the invitation. "

Sophia Amoruso

You

Act

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" My entire youth has been Nasty Gal. My entire future is Nasty Gal. "

" You can work for other people and still be a #GIRLBOSS; it's more about a state of mind and knowing yourself well enough to know when you're making decisions for yourself or because the world expects them of you. And guess what? It's okay to do that sometimes, too. "

" Everyone is told to go to high school and get good grades and go to college and get good grades and then get a job and then get a better job. There's no one really telling a story about how they totally blew it, and they figured it out. "

" I don't read fashion blogs all that much. I do read magazines, and I trust my friends' opinions, even though we all dress very differently. "