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" You want to know what four words I probably hate the most? 'That's not my job.' "
Sophia Amoruso
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" My favorite magazine is the 'Harvard Business Review.' If someone sat across from me in a restaurant and didn't know me, that might surprise them. "
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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. "
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" I wrote '#GIRLBOSS' while running a $100 million-plus revenue business. "
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" I'm really good at hiring good people. "
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" EBay gave me the framework to discover I was an e-commerce entrepreneur. I touched everything, from shipping to logistics. "
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" It was easy for me in my bathrobe to provide really great customer service. As an introvert, it's really much easier to do than when standing in a retail store. "
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" I love clothing and still shop a lot of vintage. "
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" At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change. "
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" 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! "
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" I feel like there's so many places to shop today that just feel like an Excel spreadsheet put between four walls. "
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" 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. "
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" You don't get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You've got to show up and own it. "
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" I want people to feel the freedom to be themselves. "
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" I've probably spent more time than any other brand reading every last comment. To listen to people the way you're able to online is very powerful. "
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" I work in silence. "
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" The best wisdom is earned through experience, particularly mistakes. "
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" Music is such a big part of my life. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" I didn't buy the Porsche for status. I hate that, and it's actually kind of goofy now because in L.A., a Porsche is like a Honda. It was just that I could pay that much money for a car and drive it off the lot. "
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