This is episode number 397 with Sarah Blakely, the founder and CEO of SPACE.

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete

turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or

message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness.

Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin.

Welcome everyone to a special edition of the School of Greatness podcast.

We are so pumped to have Sarah Blakely in the house. Now for those who don't know who she is,

she is the founder and CEO of the Intimate Apparel Company SPACE.

And in 2012 she was named in Time Magazine's top 100 most influential people in the world list.

And as of 2014 she is listed as the 93rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.

She was also named the youngest self-made female billionaire in America.

She has an incredible story. She was a door-to-door salesman selling

facts machines for years until she decided to change the story of her life.

She decided to take action on an idea she had. Yes it was scary. Yes she had no clue what she was going to do.

But she made it work. And she shares this story throughout this entire interview.

And I'm so glad she shared openly we had an incredible time.

She's also married to another guest that I've had on. Jessie Itzler.

And they've been married since 2008 and have four kids together.

And one of the things that I asked Sarah about her life and her experience was how do you balance all this?

How do you balance four kids having this incredible business?

Having all these obligations how do you do it? She shares that answer.

Also what she learned from being mentored by Richard Branson early on.

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