I just finished Katie Couric's new book, "The Best Advice I Ever Got". It is well worth your time. Unlike many self-help books, she asks many famous and accomplished people to write about advice they had received. You will learn much about Katie's story and at the same time hear stories from Presidents, Secretaries-of-State, actors, performers, athletes, writers, Today show sidekicks and CEOs. Stories from Jay Leno, Steve Martin, and Malcolm Gladwell were favorites. Some are complete stories and some are just statements. There are lists of things to live by. There are things to avoid. And there are just great stories.
There was even a good joke (that David Hall should use in his class!):
The couple in their 60's find a magic lamp. The genie appears and she says, "I'll grant you each a wish." The wife says, "I have always wanted to go on that long cruise that we've dreamed of."
POOF! Two tickets to an ocean cruise appeared in her hand.
The husband says, "Well that's all well and good. But I dreamed of going on that cruise with a woman 30 years younger." The genie frowned and said, "Oh, well."
POOF! He became 90 years old.
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