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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Sophia Amoruso

Advice

Grow

You

" My parents taught me the value of money and working hard. And I kind of got that in me intuitively. "

Sophia Amoruso

Parents

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" 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. "

" I have this arsenal of high-waisted wide-leg '70s pants and overalls. They are more roller-disco than Alexander Wang overalls. "

" I had 60,000 friends on MySpace. "

" In an ideal world, you'd never have to do things that are below your position, but this isn't an ideal world, and it's never going to be. "

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

" You don't get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You've got to show up and own it. "

" If this is a man's world, who cares? I'm still really glad to be a girl in it. "

" Spell check exists for a reason. "

" 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. "

" Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. "

" I think I've just gotten really good at accessorizing personally. I've always been good at accessorizing other people, and intellectually, I've known how to accessorize, but I was pretty minimal personally - although I was wearing a ton of rings. "

" I've never seen someone work for a salary. "

" Music is such a big part of my life. "

" I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on what I've already done because there is still so much to do. "

" Sometimes the expectation of being inspired in one specific way may close you off to the actual inspiration. "

" I've been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want - and the one that I'm best at. "

" I think it's important that everyone understands that there's no real prescription to having an awesome life. "

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

" Every other fashion brand out there - including those that I call 'competitors' - are run by mostly old white men, and the customer knows it. "

" As a visual person, I love a creative resume. Putting in a little effort on the design side will show that you care about making things look good. "

" A typical day for me involves a lot of meetings. "

Sophia Amoruso

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Lot

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

" I've never worked in a retail store, but I did sell shoes at Gimme Shoes in San Francisco, a job I was fired from. "

" A great mantra to have, whether you're breaking up with your boyfriend or you lose your job, or something changes that you didn't anticipate - which is a fact of life, and very much a fact of running a business - is: 'I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.' "

" When you owe money to people, you're always going to owe money to people, so you should take care of it as soon as possible. It doesn't go away just because you ignore it. "

" I don't lead with an iron fist. I don't yell at people. I have a way of making my opinion clear. "

" If you look at my Instagram, girls are just beating down my door for tips or a job or mentorship. I can't hire every single one of them. My story is one thing that gives them hope. It's an unconventional story with anecdotes, commonsense advice and a big dose of permission to figure things out for yourself. "

" I wrote '#GIRLBOSS' while running a $100 million-plus revenue business. "