# The Billion-Dollar Skill Nobody Talks About

An episode of [TRUE STORY by Explore English](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6809017790), 5 Sep 2026, 3:57.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/118521110/podcast/play/127215716/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-9%2F433825117-44100-2-eec4b2e0df6c1768.mp3

Before building Spanx, Sara Blakely spent years selling fax machines door to door. Discover how rejection, persistence, and the ability to talk to strangers helped shape her success.

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