No Stupid Questions 65. What’s the Best Advice You’ve Ever Received?
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Mar 15, 2026 They debate whether advice can be improved and why people ignore good guidance. Personal stories about bold choices, risk-taking, and viewing life as a story come up. They unpack effects of solicited versus unsolicited advice and surprising wisdom from students. The conversation tackles parenting classes, evidence from Nurse-Family Partnership, and practical early-childhood strategies like scaffolding.
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Fish Story About Chasing Big Goals
- Stephen Dubner tells a childhood fishing story where an older barber, Bernie Duskowitz, steered him from easy small fish toward chasing a big one.
Talent Is The Sum Of Your Choices
- Angela Duckworth shares an acting-teacher-derived insight that talent is largely the quality of your choices over time rather than innate gifts.
Choose A Story You Can Be Proud Of
- Kay Meredith told Angela Duckworth that life is a story and your job is to tell a story you can be proud of rather than find a single best decision.
