he cheated. then I made $66 million.

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This slideshow tells the story of Barbara Corcoran's business success, fueled by her ex-boyfriend's insult after he cheated on her. She details how his dismissive comment motivated her to prove him wrong, leading her to build and eventually sell her business for $66 million.

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1Introduction of cheating and financial success
2The insult that became motivation

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he cheated. then I made $66 million. what do you mean? my ex boyfriend gave me $1000 to start my business. then he cheated on me at 30 with a younger woman. but then he gave me the best gift of my life! he said "you will never succeed without me." in my heart, I felt it was the truth but that he said it like that? i would rather die than let him be right. i was more outraged by the insult than the cheating! but as you can see, he was wrong. i used it as fuel... a few years later, i sold my business for $66 million and he was out of business in 2 years. i can give you my whole business playbook if you want to prove somebody wrong, step one is...