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American Idol judge Simon Cowell will turn 50 next week, and in honor of his half-century on planet Earth. In a pre-birthday bash kind of way Simon sent an open letter to himself that just happened to be published by the Daily Mail a British newspaper last Sunday.
MTV.com is now reporting that the more than 3,500-word letter Simon tells his younger self about all of his career highs and lows. At times the letter is both self-deprecating and self-aggrandizing. While patting himself on the back for correctly predicting the sales potential in marketing music on television for BMG, he also explained that his record-label cohorts thought of him as “a freak. Or worse.”
The letter also served as a thank-you to Simon’s mentors, one of whom is BMG chairman Richard Griffiths, who apparently told Simon…
Don’t ever blame anyone else if things go wrong. You’re in charge, so it’s your fault.
Simon cited that piece of advice as a big turning point in his career stating…
Never again will you let yourself feel intimidated by others; indulging yourself by thinking that it’s poor little you against the world.
Simon closed the letter by hinting that his TV career might even be winding down.
You need to feel you are welcome into people’s homes, not somehow forcing your way in. If you feel that is happening, you will be off, gone.
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