Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Amoruso is the founder and owner of Nasty Gal, which sells women's fashion including modern and vintage clothing, shoes and accessories for young women which can all be found on the brand's website. It was called one of "the fastest growing companies" by Inc. Magazine in 2012. After being diagnosed with depression and attention deficit disorder, Amoruso dropped out of school and began homeschooling. She had many jobs as a teenager, her first ever job being in Subway. After...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth20 April 1984
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
There are secret opportunities hidden inside every failure.
I'm not out there picking out every single item that we sell, and also we don't even make every single item that we sell.
One of the best things about life—a reason not to go blindly after one goal and one goal only—is that sometimes it will take you to something that is way cooler than anything you would have consciously set out to do in the first place.
The energy you'll expend focusing on someone else's life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol.
Compete with yourself, not with others.
You have to ask yourself a lot of questions and probably go to therapy to make sure that you're not someone who's in love with themselves. And also if you're vain enough, then you know that is a bad look!
True success lies in knowing your weaknesses and playing to your strengths
We choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen ... or not.
Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that you’ve always dreamed of, or still haven’t had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.
The biggest challenge is people thinking you know everything going on in your company, because you're at the top of it and you started it. But the thing is, nobody knows everything about anything.
No matter where you are in life, you'll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.
I stopped feeling like I didn't belong anywhere, and realized that I actually belonged anywhere I wanted to be.
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.
If you listen only to those around you, the chances of your dreams coming true are very small.