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Oct.01

5:09 PM ET

Monday, 1 Oct 2007

They Said I’d Never Make It!

Posted By:Scott Eason

Monday night on The Big Idea…learn how to fight back when others want to cut you down. You’ll se
e that even some of the most successful people in the world were told they weren’t good enough…but it didn’t stop them from chasing their dreams.

“Las Vegas” star and supermodel Molly Sims was told she was overweight and that she would fail when she was pursuing a career in modeling. Sims went on to be featured in ad campaigns for Chanel, Old Navy and Michael Kors. And designer Jonathan Adler was told by a professor to drop his dreams of making pottery and pursue a career in law. Jonathan did the opposite and went on to create and build his own interior decorating empire. If they can do it, why can’t you?

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