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Hey listeners, today we're sharing an episode of Work Life with Adam Grant from Ted.

In the episode, Cheryl speaks with Adam about getting and giving advice about our work lives.

Season 3 launches next week, so get ready for ideas about how to procrastinate less,

fight burnout, fix broken job interviews and negotiate better.

When I was in middle school, a young writer named Jeff Zazlow moved in across the street.

A few years earlier, Jeff had been assigned to write a story for the Wall Street Journal

about the contest to replace the great advice columnist and landers.

On a lark, Jeff decided to enter the contest himself.

When an interviewer told him he was underqualified, he fired back.

Well, I may be 28, but I have the wisdom of a 29-year-old.

Jeff got the job. He went on to give sage advice for decades,

in his columns and in moving books like The Last Lecture with Randy Pouch.

When I was thinking about writing my first book, I was really struggling with how to frame the idea.

I needed advice, so I called Jeff, and he gave me exactly the guidance I needed.

A few months later, tragedy struck. Jeff lost his life in a car accident.

He never got to give his last lecture, and he never got to pick a successor to his advice column.

But I have a strong hunch about who Jeff would have chosen.

The author of the wildly popular advice column, Dear Sugar.

I didn't read advice columns. I had never taken a class in psychology

or any of those things that you'd think about people who give advice to.

And I never even got through therapy myself.

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