“Your boy Lester will never learn music, so save your money.”

That’s what Lester William Polsfuss’ piano teacher wrote in a note sent to his parents.

But the boy didn’t give a flying flip what his piano teacher said, and it’s a good thing, too.

By the age of 10 Les formed his own orchestra. Not just a band, but an ORCHESTRA. Then he took up the guitar and electronics.

Les Paul and his wife Mary Ford became pop stars with dozens of Top 40 tunes and hosted Les Paul and Mary Ford at Home from 1952 to 1954.

Perhaps Les is best known for the guitars he built, one of which recently sold at auction for $930,000.

Les kept playing and performing until just months before his death at 94.

I guess he showed that piano teacher a thing or two.

Has someone said you can’t do something you really want to do? Write down what they said and then set out to prove them wrong. Les Paul did, and he created a life he loved getting paid a fortune for things he would have gladly paid to do.

Use your detractors to help push yourself into the stratosphere of success in whatever you choose to do.

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