Rachael Ray’s RECIPE for SUCCESS

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TRUST YOUR GUT

“I am not going to change what I do or make my decisions any differently,” says TV host and food expert Rachael Ray, who turns 50 in August. “My gut is what got us here.” For instance, when she launched her pet food line Nutrish, “people were like, you can’t put your head on dog food, that’s insane!” In 2017, the brand earned $650 million.

DON’T BE NEGATIVE

“I don’t take in negative information online,” Rachael says. “I just don’t feel it’s a constructive use of my time.” While she admits she “cried my eyes out plenty” when people joked about her as she was starting out, now she says, “I’m good.”

KEEP MOVING FORWARD

The Rachael Ray Show has been renewed for a 13th season, and she’s writing a new book. She’s launched a furniture line and is branching out into a gardening line and even designing handbags. But her biggest new project is producing digitally streamed shows about food, travel and music. Says Rachael, “Music is scarier than furniture because I love it so much!”

FIND YOUR HAPPY PLACE

Rachael and her husband, John Cusimano, 50, live in the woods in upstate New York. “This is my happy place,” she raves, adding that she relaxes by watching Columbo reruns and hanging out with their pit bull, Isaboo.

“[Money] never motivated me. It never will.”

— Rachael