I always make a point of asking my guests for advice. I mean, why not? Who wouldn't want

advice from the illustrious sorts of high achievers I have in my show? But is that really true?

Maybe my guests are exactly the wrong people to give advice.

I think that one has to meander a bit and find something that is extremely satisfying to you.

I don't believe in giving advice.

Welcome to People I mostly admire with Steve Levitt.

So it's obvious why my guests might give good advice. They've achieved remarkable things.

They've won Nobel prizes, Olympic gold medals and Emmy awards. But maybe they're so incredibly talented

that their advice isn't that relevant to more regular people. Or even worse, maybe my guests

aren't just regular people who happen to have gotten extraordinarily lucky and we confuse that with talent.

Honestly, the last person I would want advice from is someone whose success was due to luck

but who doesn't realize it. So today, to start the new year, we're going to do something a little

different. And instead of digging deep with one special guest as usual, we're going to reflect on

some of the wisdom shared on the show. You'll hear my take on the advice that's been given,

including the very best and the very worst advice that's been handed out. And I'll also talk with

some listeners, regular folks making their way through the ups and downs of life to get their

take on the show's advice.

Let's put aside for now the question of whether a particular advice is good or bad and start with

the advice that I found most surprising. It came from peak doctor, head of Pixar and director of

the Academy Award winning films up inside out and so I asked him, what advice would he give

his younger self? Draw more. Just get outside and draw. Drawing forces me to see things. I can walk

past a house every day. But then if I stop and draw it, I suddenly notice details and things

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