“I would go at 8.30 in the morning. I would do a morning rally for all of the sales associates before the store opened.”

Tony Robbins Podcast Daily · Sara Blakely: How She Built SPANX from the Ground Up

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Held a morning rally for all sales associates at 8:30 am before the store opened to introduce Spanx and motivate staff

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