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“You have to value a job. You have to value that you have the opportunity that it is not a granted God-given right that everybody on the planet even gets a job.”

Ray’s career has taken her beyond the TV screen as a best-selling cookbook author, furniture designer, and founder of her own magazine and the nonprofit Yum-O. In all of her projects, Ray said that she surrounds herself with people who, like her, value hard work and thrive on creating products that are never out of reach for any consumer.

Check out the new issue of @RachaelRayMag on newsstands now. Our cover is covered with top female chefs - we take the heat #likeaboss in our kitchens!

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“I never want to do something, or touch something, or go on an adventure that I don’t feel is plausible for our readers or our customer or our viewer to be a part of. We’re not about things that you can’t touch, jump and do,” she said.

Ray has built a multiplatform career by seeing even the toughest times as “very necessary” but also enjoying every single aspect of her work.

“Everything I do now that’s considered work is what I would do on a day off from any other profession.”

“To me, the American Dream is very much alive. If you work harder than anybody else and you don’t complain about it, opportunity will shine on you. Period.”

Hear more of Rachael Ray’s interview on this week's episode of \"No Limits With Rebecca Jarvis,\" available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play Music, Spotify, TuneIn and the ABC News app.

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