There are many times in our
lives when we need advice. We’re
here to help each other learn and grow, and one way we can do that is by both
seeking advice and by offering advice.
I started the “Letters to Lissa” feature on CoffeyTalk for this very
reason.
And now, Good Morning
America, the popular morning talk show on ABC-TV, is looking for an “Advice
Guru!” I found out about this from
a few of our subscribers, who wrote to me saying “this would be perfect for
you!” I checked it out, and
absolutely loved the idea, so I applied.
Turns out, more than 15,000 other people applied for the job as well. GMA looked through all the essays and
chose a top 50. I got a phone
call! It was a GMA producer saying
I had made it to the top 50, and now they were doing phone interviews. This was unexpected. Time had gone by and I’d pretty much
forgotten about the whole thing! I
answered his questions, and sent up a prayer of thanks. Then a week later, I got another phone
call - I made the top 20! Now they
wanted video – three questions answered in just 1 minute 20 seconds.
So here we are. The 20 of us are up on the Good Morning
America website answering viewers’ questions. And viewers are rating the questions on a scale of 1-4, 4
being the best. There are all
kinds of social media tools that viewers can utilize to help get the word out
about their favorites – if you’re on facebook you can “like” or “share” – if
you’re on twitter you can “tweet” – and you can also leave a comment so that
producers can get your feedback.
The questions change
periodically – we’re on the second one now. I’m posting the link to the main page where you can see all
20 finalists. I’d love it if you
could click on my page and read the question I got and my answer – give me a
vote, write a comment, anything you want to do. It’s all helpful, and I appreciate your support. Thanks!
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/DearGMA/
