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"When I&amp;#x27;m not hitting the snooze button half a dozen times, my typical pre-work routine involves watching the morning news and doing Pilates in my living room. My favorite A.M. broadcast? CBS This Morning with Norah O&amp;#x27;Donnell, Gayle King, and Charlie Rose. So when I was recently invited to attend a taping of the show, I, of course, jumped at the opportunity (and, lucky for me, that morning&amp;#x27;s guests just happened to be two dynamic women&amp;amp;#8212;Ann Romney and Vera Wang). As you can imagine, a morning news show is a hub of energy and excitement (Norah O&amp;#x27;Donnell even referred to it as &amp;quot;the crown jewel of television&amp;quot;). After the show, Norah and I sat down to talk about her career. To brief you: She got her start as a print reporter for Roll Call magazine, became a correspondent for NBC at 25 and covered Congress, the Pentagon, and the White House for both NBC and MSNBC for 12 years. She was named Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News in 2011 before becoming a co-host of CBS This Morning in July of 2012. (&amp;quot;I feel incredibly fortunate; it&amp;#x27;s been a very easy transition,&amp;quot; Norah said of moving from Washington to New York with her husband and three children.) In addition to discussing her experiences, Norah and I also talked about being a young professional and what you can do to advance your own career. The touchstones of Norah&amp;#x27;s own professional life: persistence and optimism. &amp;quot;Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you&amp;#x27;re trying to reach that you&amp;#x27;re passionate about something, that you really want something. In this era of digital communication, persistence is incredibly important,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m also relentlessly optimistic. You face challenges in your personal life and in your professional life. I continue to be relentlessly optimistic and not focus on the negative.&amp;quot; Norah also discussed what she believes is the biggest faux pas a recent grad can make when interviewing for their first job. &amp;quot;One of the most common mistakes for an entry-level job interview is to take the position: &amp;#x27;What is this job going to do for me?&amp;#x27; You should be saying &amp;#x27;Here&amp;#x27;s what I can do and here&amp;#x27;s what I want to do to help you,&amp;#x27;&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I have always said yes to opportunities and experiences. Be willing to do almost anything. The chance to get your foot in the door is incredibly important.&amp;quot; Norah and I on the CBS This Morning set; the black-and-white filter is an homage to Walter Cronkite (and a great way to combat my forehead shine). Though Gayle King had to leave immediately after the broadcast (she was due to attend Oprah&amp;#x27;s commencement address at Harvard), she did offer this insight into her own work/life balance: &amp;quot;Here&amp;#x27;s the thing, my kids are 26 and 27. I&amp;#x27;m divorced. My balance is me, myself, and I. Women figure it out and we make it work.&amp;quot; As a young woman in the early stages of my own career, I thought it was fascinating to hear what two highly successful women at different stages of their personal lives had to say about their careers and families. What are your thoughts? Photo courtesy of CBS"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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