65. What’s the Best Advice You’ve Ever Received?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 29 August 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Also: why don’t you need a license to become a parent?

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0:00.0	Steven, what are you doing?
0:04.3	I'm Angela Duckworth.
0:06.8	I'm Steven Dubner.
0:07.8	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:11.4	Today on the show, is there a formula for good advice?
0:15.3	Hey, this is excellent advice.
0:17.3	Why aren't people taking it?
0:19.6	Also, should all new parents be required to take child rearing classes?
0:24.8	How often do you need to get rid of the stinky diapers before you die?
0:31.6	Steven, I wonder what the very best piece of advice you've ever received was.
0:37.3	Oh, that's so easy.
0:38.7	I can't believe you've even asking me that, Angela.
0:40.9	Now, I really want to know.
0:42.6	The best advice I've ever received was approximately 1.5 years ago when an angel from heaven visited
0:49.6	me and said, Steven, life is short.
0:52.7	And if you know what's good for you, you will ask Angela Duckworth to make a podcast
0:56.0	with you and call it no stupid questions.
0:58.2	That was not the best piece of advice you've ever received.
1:01.1	I think it was an angel from heaven.
1:02.6	It might actually just been our executive producer.
1:04.5	Okay.
1:05.5	You will have to tell me the second best piece of advice you've ever received then.
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