Ep 64: The "T.R.I.CK." to How You Can Raise Successful People | Esther Wojcicki

Ep 64: The "T.R.I.CK." to How You Can Raise Successful People | Esther Wojcicki

Ep 64: The "T.R.I.CK." to How You Can Raise Successful People | Esther Wojcicki
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Beschreibung

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Esther Hochman Wojcicki is an author, journalist, educator,
vice-chair of the Creative Commons Advisory Council and founder
of the highly regarded Palo Alto High School Media Arts program
(the largest journalism program in the States). 


She is also known as the “Godmother of Silicon Valley”. And has
raised 3 daughters, regarded as some of the most successful women
in Silicon Valley. 


There’s Susan Wojcicki, the oldest, who is the CEO of YouTube;
Janet Wojcicki, a Fulbright-winning anthropologist &
professor of pediatrics at the University of California, and Anne
Wojcicki - co-founder of 23andme: a genomics company that lets
you test for ancestry and health risks. Anne was most recently
listed as number 93 in Forbes List of World’s 100 Most Powerful
Women in 2020!


But what does it take to raise successful people? 


What is Esther Wojcicki’s famed T.R.I.C.K. methodology & how
do those principles translate into the classroom? 


What was Steve Jobs like in person?


Is it good to be a tiger mum sometimes?


And what has she been up to during the COVID-19 pandemic and what
advice does she have for parents raising children during this
strange period in time?


All that and more in this episode.


Highlights:


3:54: Growing up as a Russian Jewish immigrant

7:02 Why Esther thought education was necessary for her
survival

10:41 Being disowned for pursuing a university degree

13:59 Becoming a mother

16:51 Figuring out how to be a parent

19:41: The lemon girls

20:59: Swimming at 12 months old!

23:05: Table manners

27:38: Teaching at Palo Alto High School

33:09: Steve Jobs & 7 free Macintosh 

36:54: “How to Raise Successful People” 

38:34: Defining “success”

40:09: What the T.R.I.C.K. methodology

48:58: How tiger mums can help kids become more independent

49:45: Are there instances when you need to be a tiger mum?

50:43: Founding the Tract with Ari Memar

56:41: The 20% rule






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