Best Advice I Ever Got

<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER - <b>For anyone who wants to see how today's best and brightest got it right got it wrong and came out on top.</b><br></b><br>What was the tipping point for Malcolm Gladwell? What unscripted event made Meryl Streep who she is? 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. <p/>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: <p/>- Michael Bloomberg: Eighty percent of success is showing up . . . early.<br>- Eric Stonestreet: Remember that the old lady who's taking forever in line is someone's grandma.<br>- Joyce Carol Oates: Read widely--what you want to read and not what someone suggests that you should read.<br>- Jimmy Kimmel: When in doubt order the hamburger.<br>- Apolo Ohno: It's not about the forty seconds; it's about the four years the time it took to get there.<br>- Madeleine K. Albright: Never play hide-and-seek with the truth. <p/>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 <i>CBS Evening News</i>. 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 <i>Today</i> show for a new adventure at CBS. <p/>Delightful empowering and moving <i>The Best Advice I Ever Got</i> 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.