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Turning22 can be both an exhilarating and frightening time. Taylor Swift even wrote awhole song about the age saying, "We're happy,free, confused, and lonely in the best way. It's miserable and magical." As a whole new crop of youngsters prepare to graduate college and head off into theworking world, they're surely being bombarded with advice.
But what if that advice was comingfrom some of the most successful people in the world? LinkedIn recently launchedits new content series "If I Were 22," withcelebrities sharing advice they would give their younger selves, along with photos of when they were that special age.
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Echoing Taylor's lyrics, fellow songstress AlanisMorissette, 40, talked about loneliness. "It’s OK to admit I am lonely," she told the career site. "Yes, evenlonely with all those people around me, maybe especially so, because of howmany people were around me.”
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She's prepping for her highlyanticipated film Jurassic World this June, but Bryce Dallas Howard,34, took time to open up about what she wished she had done in her early 20s."If I could talk to my 22-year-old self, I would tell her take a dailynote of what she saw, who she met, what she notices, what she celebrated, andwhat she wish she could do over."
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Though she doesn't look like she's aged since she wasin her 20s, 35-year-old supermodel Petra Nemcova, offers up a bit of advice that gives us aglimpse into her success. "We create with each thought, word, image, actionand intention," she told LinkedIn. "Be aware and create in a state ofconsciousness."
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Some of the most sagely guidance comes from a mangraduating from his long and successful TV career. David Letterman, 68,actually sent his advice in on a handwritten Post-it note because — as herecently mentionedin the New York Times — as the world modernizes, he doesn’talways race to catch up. "Doing good things for other never stops makingyou feel good about yourself," read the note.
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JoanLunden, ChrisCuomo, Rev Run, Richard Branson, Suze Orman and more celebrities contributed to the fascinating series. Click through the LinkedIn slideshow below: