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Persistence

Persistence

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Persistence

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- The couple of things that I think about in terms of advice are persistence, passion, professionalism. Let those be your mantra and also, don't let the haters get to you. Gayle always said, "Oh, that's just a bunch of people "drinking Hatoraid," and Gayle's right. Ignore those people. But let's tick through each of those. Persistence. Do you know how many times I have called someone and they don't return my phone call? I remember it as a 25-year-old reporter for "Role Call," a newspaper, and I would call someone and they wouldn't call me back and I thought, "Oh, geez, they must not want to talk to me." And then I said, "You know what? "What do I care? "I'm going to keep calling them." And you know what? They eventually called me back. They were just busy. At 45 and as a "60 Minutes" contributor and an anchor of "CBS This Morning," I still call important people and they don't return my phone call, and you know…

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