It’s hard to imagine that the famous people that we see on the big screen and the news ever did anything else, but everyone needs to start somewhere! Take a look at where these famous and successful people started.
Colin Powell, Former United States National Security Advisor
Worked as a furniture salesman to a children’s furniture store
Barack Obama, Former President of the United States
Scooped ice cream at Baskin-Robbins when he was in high school
Matthew McConaughey, Actor
Shoveled chicken manure in Australia
Pope Francis
Worked at a local bar as a bouncer
Bill Murray, Actor
Sold Chestnuts outside of a grocery store
Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon
Flipped burgers at McDonald’s during his summer break as a teenager
Christopher Walken, Actor
Joined the circus as a lion tamer
Mark Cuban, Owner of the Dallas Mavericks
Went door-to-door selling garbage bags when he was 12 years old
Taylor Swift, Singer/Songwriter
Removed preying mantis pods from the trees of the Christmas tree farm that she grew up on
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
Worked as a concession vendor at Yankee Stadium
Madeline Albright, First female Secretary of State
Sold women’s lingerie at a department store in Denver
Meghan Markle, Actress/Future member of the royal family
Wrote calligraphy for wedding invitations
Abraham Lincoln, Former President of the United States
Was a clerk in an Illinois general store, but never hunted vampires
Johnny Depp, Actor
Sold pens as a telemarketer
Hugh Jackman, Actor
Was a high school Physical Education teacher in England and Coco the party clown for children’s birthday parties
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