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✨NEW STIMY Episode 64 with Esther Wojcicki✨⁣


Esther Wojcicki is an American 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. 
  • Susan, the CEO of YouTube; 
  • Janet, a Fulbright-winning anthropologist & professor of pediatrics at the University of California; and 
  • Anne, co-founder of 23andme, who was 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 was Steve Jobs like in person?

How do those principles translate into the classroom and how can everyone, including tiger mums, learn to apply them? 

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?

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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