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    The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives

    Written by Katie Couric

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The perfect book for anyone who wants to see how today's best and brightest got it right, got it wrong, and came out on top.

    What was the tipping point for Malcolm Gladwell? What unscripted event made Meryl Streep who she is? How did Mario Batali cook up his recipe for success? In this inspiration-packed book, Katie Couric reports from the front lines of the worlds of politics, entertainment, sports, philanthropy, the arts, and business-distilling the ingenious, hard-won insights of leaders and visionaries, who tell us all how to take chances, follow our passions, cope with criticism, and, perhaps most important, commit to something greater than ourselves.

    Among the many voices to be heard here are financial guru Suze Orman on the benefits of doing what's right, not what's easy; director Steven Spielberg on listening rather than being listened to; quarterback Drew Brees on how his (literal) big break changed his life; and novelist Curtis Sittenfeld on the secrets of a great long-term relationship (she suggests marrying someone less neurotic than you); not to mention:

    • Michael Bloomberg: "Eighty percent of success is showing up . . . early."
    • Eric Stonestreet: "Remember that the old lady who's taking forever in line is someone's grandma."
    • Joyce Carol Oates: "Read widely-what you want to read, and not what someone suggests that you should read."
    • Jimmy Kimmel: "When in doubt, order the hamburger."
    • Apolo Ohno: "It's not about the forty seconds; it's about the four years, the time it took to get there."
    • Madeleine K. Albright: "Never play hide-and-seek with the truth."

    Along the way, Couric reflects on the good advice-and the missteps-that have guided her from her early days as a desk assistant at ABC to her groundbreaking role as the first female anchor of the CBS Evening News. She reveals how the words of Thomas Jefferson helped her deal with her husband's tragic death from cancer, and what encouraged her to leave the security of NBC's Today show for a new adventure at CBS.

    Delightful, empowering, and moving, The Best Advice I Ever Got is the perfect book for anyone who is thinking about the future, contemplating taking a risk, or daring to make a leap into the great unknown.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 12, 2011
    ISBN9780307943309
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    The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives
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    Katie Couric

    Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author, and Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) co-founder. She joined CBS as the first woman to solo anchor an evening newscast after a 15-year run as co-anchor of NBC’s Today Show. Her numerous awards include a duPont-Columbia, Peabody, two Edward R. Murrows, a Walter Cronkite Award, and multiple Emmys. She is also the founder of Katie Couric Media (KCM), which creates premium content about socially relevant issues, including the top news stories of the day, entrepreneurship, health and wellness, finance, and entertainment. Couric’s acclaimed podcast “Next Question” tackles tough issues that impact us all, ranging from CBD, vaping, violent porn, and online radicalization.

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    • 3/5
      This is an interesting collection of advice from a variety of famous and successful people. Much of the advice is common sense or is basically encouragement to do the right thing. I found some of the stories associated with the advice to be interesting. I was encouraged to step out and take chances. I freely recommend this book.
    • 3/5
      The title says it all. A colloboration of stories from a variety of people, all about the ups and downs of life and what it takes to get where you want to be.
    • 4/5
      Great collection edited with commentary by Katie Couric. There a a couple people in this 2009 project that might not be included today (Donald Trump, Bill Cosby) but overall a winning group of contributors from music, art, politics, literature, entertainment, business, technology who have worthwhile advice to share -- some more profound than others. Stand-outs for me were Gloria Steinem, Anna Quindlen, Malcolm Gladwell, Ken Burns among others. Lots of "never give up" and "don't give in to fear" examples but with enough personal anecdotes to make them slightly different. Great gift for a graduate or anyone in transition.