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People at the Top Share the Best Career Advice They Ever Got

Jun 22, 2011 Career Tips

Every time a big name crosses the path of AOL Jobs, we ask them to share the best career advice they’ve ever received. We figure if it worked for them, perhaps it’ll work for the rest of us.

We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite responses below — but we’re not done. We’ll continue to add nuggets of wisdom throughout the year, so be sure to check back! And if you’ve got powerful words of career-related inspiration to share, please add them to comments below.

After my first roast Milton Berle told me, “They only remember the home runs.” I’ve slowly discovered that this applies to almost everything in life.

– Jeffery Ross

Ross is hosting this year’s 37^th Annual Saturn Awards on June 23 at The Castaway in Burbank, Calif.

The best career advice I received was from my dad. He said to me, “If you can fix it, it’s a problem. But if it has no solution, then it is a simple truth and you must accept it.” I guess it was his version of the serenity prayer. Nothing ever told to me by anyone else has impacted me or affected the way I deal with my career more than those words.

– Carlos Mencia

Mencia recently performed at Joey Thumbs Dueling Piano Bar in Joplin, Mo., donating the proceeds from the show to the Ozark Food Harvest. He’s currently touring in “Carlos Mencia LIVE.”

Relax — don’t try to make everything happen overnight. Don’t get frustrated because you’re not “there” yet. Every day is a stepping stone.

– Ty Pennington

Pennington is the host of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”

To never put all your eggs in one basket has always been a good idea and a mantra of mine. Spread the risk. Have one job and do one thing, and be able to do two or three other things in case one thing doesn’t work out. Just don’t be a master in one and a knucklehead in all others.

– Gene Simmons

My father told me to “know everything you can about what you’re doing,” and he gave me his four-step formula for success: “Get in, get it done, get it done right, and get out.”

– Donald Trump

“Do NOT screw this one up” — from my stepmother, Vicki, before my last screen test for ‘WNTW.’

– Stacy London

‎It came from Oprah. She said, “Phil, be who you are. Don’t let them homogenize you, don’t let them change you, be true to yourself, true to your values. That will carry you to the end.”

– Dr. Phil McGraw

Work harder than the next person and don’t complain about it. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Close your eyes and try to envision what your next step is every once in a while.

– Rachael Ray

Grace is above praise and blame.

– Suze Orman

Listen to yourself, first.

– Darla K. Anderson Anderson is the producer of movies that include “Toy Story 3,” “Finding Nemo” and “Monsters, Inc.”)

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