Podcasts about raise successful people

If Silicon Valley has an official matriarch, it might be the Palo Alto based educator and writer Esther Wojcicki. Popularly known as the “Godmother of Silicon Valley”, Wojcicki is the mother of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, 23andMe founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki and anthropologist and professor Janet Wojcicki. And, of course, she's also the mother-in-law of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. So how does “Woj”, who, as the founder of the Media Arts program, taught for many years at Palo Alto High School, make sense of the last twenty years in which the zeitgeist has shifted from an evangelical faith in technological progress to a deep suspicion of it. And how does Wojcicki look back at her own family history in this period which has been marked by both astonishingly good fortune and terrible tragedy?Esther Wojcicki is an educator and the author of the 2019 bestseller, "How to Raise Successful People."Wojcicki's daughters are YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, 23andMe founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki and anthropologist and professor Janet Wojcicki. Wojcicki is founder of the Media Arts program at Palo Alto High School and vice chair of Creative Commons. Known as the "Godmother of Silicon Valley," she has been involved with GoogleEdu since its founding and helped establish the Google Teacher Academy. She is an expert in blended learning, the subject of her 2015 book "Moonshots in Education."Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

"Simple Lessons for Radical Results"

Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others by Stephen M.R. Covey, David Kasperson, McKinlee Covey, Gary T. Judd https://amzn.to/481PQ91 From the bestselling author of The Speed of Trust, a revolutionary new way to lead, deemed “the defining leadership book in the 21st century” (Admiral William McRaven, author of Make Your Bed) that “every parent, teacher, and leader needs” (Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful People). We have a leadership crisis today, where even though our world has changed drastically, our leadership style has not. Most organizations, teams, schools, and families today still operate from a model of “command and control,” focusing on hierarchies and compliance from people. But because of the changing nature of the world, the workforce, work itself, and the choices we have for where and how to work and live, this way of leading is drastically outdated. Stephen M.R. Covey has made it his life's work to understand trust in leadership and organizations. In his newest and most transformative book, Trust and Inspire, he offers a simple yet bold solution: to shift from this “command and control” model to a leadership style of “trust and inspire.” People don't want to be managed; they want to be led. Trust and Inspire is a new way of leading that starts with the belief that people are creative, collaborative, and full of potential. People with this kind of leader are inspired to become the best version of themselves and to produce their best work. In this “beautifully written page-turner” (Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor), Covey offers the solution to the future of work: where a dispersed workforce will be the norm, necessitating trust and collaboration across time zones, cultures, personalities, generations, and technology. Trust and Inspire calls for a radical shift in the way we lead in the 21st century, and Covey shows us how. About the author Stephen M. R. Covey is the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust, which has been translated into 22 languages and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. He is also the author of the newly released Wall Street Journal bestseller, Trust & Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others, which was named as the #1 Leadership Book of 2022 by the Outstanding Work of Literature Awards. Stephen brings to his writings the perspective of a practitioner, as he is the former President & CEO of the Covey Leadership Center, where he increased shareholder value by 67 times and grew the company to become the largest leadership development firm in the world. A Harvard MBA, Stephen co-founded and currently leads FranklinCovey's Global Speed of Trust Practice. He serves on numerous boards, including the Government Leadership Advisory Council, and he has been recognized with the lifetime Achievement Award for “Top Thought Leaders in Trust” from the advocacy group, Trust Across America/Trust Around the World. Stephen is a highly sought-after international speaker who has taught trust and leadership in 57 countries to business, government, military, education, healthcare, and NGO entities.

Episode 69: Find Balance as a Mom with a Demanding Career with Dr. Bonnie Koo   Join Dr. Prianca Naik on the Empowering Working Moms Podcast! In this episode, she and her special guest Dr. Bonnie Koo discuss various topics ranging from how important it is to take care of your mental health to how doing so creates a positive model of behavior for your kids. Dr. Naik and Dr. Koo invite you to learn about investing time into yourself in order to build a life you don't need a vacation from.   In this episode, you will learn: Take time for yourself: This gives you time, space, and a breather to get clarity in what you want to do with your life. Get coached: Dr. Bonnie emphasizes the importance of seeking coaching, therapy, or other forms of support for your mental and emotional health. Coaching can help you understand how your thoughts create your feelings and how to navigate life's challenges. Take Solo Trips: Taking solo trips or spending time alone can be rejuvenating. Whether it's a weekend getaway or a spa resort experience, dedicating time to yourself allows for reflection and self-discovery.  Start with a dinner if that's too daunting. Focus on Emotional Regulation: Dr. Bonnie also highlights the significance of focusing on emotional regulation, especially for parents. Teaching children how to handle their emotions and modeling healthy emotional regulation is vital for their growth.   To end burnout and exhaustion and get your peace of mind back, check out her free masterclass on 4 steps to overcome burnout, get rid of overwhelm, and get your peace of mind back. https://program.stresscleansemd.com/4-secrets-to-living-a-life-you-ll-love-podcast   If you want to work with Coach Prianca Naik, MD, go to www.priancanaikmdcoaching.as.me to book a 30-minute consultation call.   Follow Dr. Prianca on social media:   https://www.facebook.com/prianca.naik   https://www.instagram.com/doctorprianca   https://www.linkedin.com/in/prianca-naik-md-0524a196/   Join her FREE Facebook group:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/646992382603860   Follow Dr. Bonnie Koo on social media:   Instagram: https://instagram.com/wealthymommd or @wealthymommd   Facebook: https://facebook.com/wealthymommd   Website: https://wealthymommd.com     [FULL TRANSCRIPTION:]   You're listening to the empowering working moms podcast episode number 69. Today I am so excited to have a special guest coming to us on this podcast, Dr. Bonnie Koo. She is a master certified life coach, physician, and founder of Wealthy Mom, MD.   She's a money coach for women physicians, and a proud graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is the host of the WealthyMomMD podcast and author of Defining Wealth for Women: Peace, Purpose, and Plenty of Cash. She currently resides in northern jersey with her family. So let's get to it and dive in.   All right, I am so excited today because I have a very, very special guest. Her name is Dr. Bonnie Koo. She was actually a coach of mine, and I'm thrilled to have her here. She's been doing amazing things and really thinking outside the box, which is what I want to dive into today. So welcome, Bonnie. Hey, there. Thanks so much for having me. Yeah, it's great to have you on. So I wanted to ask you, I know you're a dermatologist by trade, what really led you to becoming a coach?   Yeah. So I'm just laughing because like, it was not what I was expecting. I think that's the story for a lot of us. It's not like we were like, let's go to medical school or whatever career and then let's just change your mind a few years into it, right? Like, I don't think any of us had that goal. And so, I mean, the short story is that I was learning about money just for myself, because I realized I had no idea what I was doing. And then I was in a Facebook group of other physicians and it was for money, specifically. Just a community group where people were helping each other out.   And then I noticed that I was answering all the questions, and then people started tagging me, this was just fun for me. And then someone was like, why don't you start a blog? And so I did. And then it just went on from there. And then I just started getting asked to speak. And then I started working with a coach because to me, this was just a hobby. And then eventually, I got to the point where I had to either let it go, because I just had my son who's now six or make it a business, although there's obviously a lot of options in between, but those were the two options in my head.   And then at some point, I just decided, it wasn't like there was a specific reason if I'm perfectly honest, I was like, why not? The worst that can happen is that it fails and I'm still a doctor. Yeah, being a physician is not a bad fallback career, I suppose. I'm sure people are thinking that. Okay. So the personal development is the hobby, right? Which leads you to something that you're really enjoying, and then you make a decision to monetize it.   So what I think is really remarkable here, and why I really wanted to have you on the podcast is what gave you the courage to step out of that box, because there is pretty much, with or without people acknowledging it, there is kind of a box that physicians are put into or whatever box you might be in, in your culture, and just having the guts to step outside of that not really knowing what comes next.   Yeah, that's a great question. I think for me, I started meeting other people doing similar things. And so there's a conference called fincon, it's like in the fall of every year, it's probably like, happening this week or last week. And it's where all the people in the finance media world come together. And so I started to just meet other people who are doing this, including other doctors, there were a few other doctors. So I think just having that community, it was small, but just other people doing it. So like, I wasn't the only like weird and crazy person doing this. I think that was helpful.   And then honestly, working with a coach, like she helped me navigate the decision. And then once I decided to do a business, she helped me figure out what I could or couldn't do. And she also pointed out some things that maybe I wasn't thinking of, she's like, you have basically been building an audience for the past two years, not like on purpose, but just because I've been just helping people. And so she was like, you're in the perfect position to monetize it, if you want. And then I was like, okay. So it's interesting.   And then I took all these courses on how to learn how to run a business, because I didn't have any business skills. And so why would I Google it myself? I feel like a lot of people do this. I'm like, why would I Google it like people already know how to do this. I'm just gonna learn from them. I don't know if I'd describe it as courage. I think again, it's like being surrounded by these people. So it was almost like normalized that you can do this.   But what's really fascinating in life in general, is that a lot of us think that, especially physicians, you go to college, you go to med school, you pick a speciality, you go into residency, maybe fellowship, and then you work and then it's going to be a steady income, and all the steps are there.   So it feels so certain, even though you do have to pass the boards and do a lot of steps along the way. So it isn't actually certain but this false sense of certainty that we have in our careers, as opposed to being an entrepreneur, which just by nature is much more shaky, and it's more obvious that step A is the opposite of certainty. Exactly right.   So it's a lot of trial and error or failing forward or any of those concepts. So that is why I bring up the courage piece. Where of course, stepping into the unknown pretty much we're doing that all the time. We have no control over what the future holds.   Right, but at the same time doing something that's so different from what you're used to, or what you've been taught, or what you thought your life was going to be, and really just going for it, I think is really inspiring for people like, and that's why I say courage because for many people staying in the status quo, no matter how boring or dissatisfying or even malignant and might be, they'll stay there because they're terrified of the change. So yeah, can you relate to any of that, or can you elaborate on?   Yeah, well, here's a few things that I didn't mention. So two things is I had a different career before medical school, I was a non traditional student, I worked at Morgan Stanley, not in finance, but I worked in IT. And so I didn't have this like identity of just being a student. So I think that's part of it. The second thing is right after college, I did some pretty intense personal development work. And so I say that because I think I was already sort of more open minded that things can change, and that people do this, if that makes sense. Like, I'd forgotten about it. And I feel like I regressed during medical training.   But I think that's also why when I started working with my first coach, it was just really clear to me like, oh, yeah, remember this work, and just how fun it is to always be growing. Because I think what happens is, whatever career you choose, you become stagnant at some point, right? Because like in med school, it's like, we're learning all these new things, and you have residency, you're learning all these new things. And the first year or two of being attending is also exciting, right? And I feel like a lot of doctors get bored after like, three to five years, sometimes earlier.   Well, there's nowhere to go. The beauty of medicine is it is a steady job. People will always need doctors. But at the same time, there's not that much upward growth, like you're a doctor and you're doing the same thing more or less, unless let's say you're managing your practice, and maybe you work less, or maybe you become an entrepreneur on the side, but just straight being a doctor, you're going to do the same thing in your 10th year that you're doing in your first or second year. And that, I agree, like you kind of just hit like a plateau there and you aren't really growing in your career, per se.   Yeah. And I think that's when a lot of people get. They talk about the seven year itch and marriage, but I feel like it's more like a three to five year itch in medicine. I think people look around and are like, oh, is this it? Because I think we all thought like once we became attendings that we would live happily ever after, basically. And then we learned that's not a thing, and then we're really disappointed.   Correct. And then the beauty is you have the steady income. And sometimes you can, well that's the work that you do, which feel free to talk about that. Like so, you have the money. And then what do you do with it? You have the luxury of maybe making your money work for you? Yeah, I mean, so I coach people on money. But what I realized after doing this for some time is it's not just about the money because you can have all the money in the world. But if you're an unhappy person, it doesn't matter. Right, you can take nicer vacations and eat at Michelin star restaurants, I guess, right?   So I really try to teach my clients money is a tool to help you do things, it is very useful, obviously. But also money is not going to make you happy. And because we all know that technically, but we really think we'll be happier with money, like certain things are possible. And certain things are more fun.   Like I love traveling first class, like I definitely am happier while flying first class, right? Like, there's no doubt about that. But those experiences alone aren't going to make my life rich and fulfilled. So I really try to help my clients do a little bit of both. And that's mainly from like the coaching because once you get coached on one area of your life, it kind of filters into other areas of your life.   I was laughing about the first class business class flying, laughing silently, but what that brought up for me was that those kinds of experiences are transient. Right? So money might buy you that but that comes and it goes but a lack of money, I think also can create a lot of stress that will make you unhappy.   Yeah. Well, so I don't know exactly who your listeners are. Are they mostly physicians or high income women?   It's pretty much career driven, high achieving, working moms.   I mean, pretty much everyone listening is not going to struggle with basic needs that money provides, right. And so I'm sure you've heard of a study that over a certain amount of money adjusted for where you live doesn't increase happiness, right? Obviously, if you don't have money to buy food, being able to buy food is definitely going to increase. It's not even happiness. It's like, just be not worrying about those primal things you need to live right. But yeah, after a certain amount of money, like it doesn't do as much as we think except for flying first class.   And the fancy meals, which by the way, I feel like the fancy meals that are curated and they look beautiful on the plate. I always leave those places hungry, wanting a piece of pizza. Like if you've ever been to 11 Madison Park, or you know they do these, well, that's a bajillion courses. But if you go do like a lesser version of that, like three courses, of like bite sized food, and then I'm leaving craving more, having spent how much money.   It's funny. I just went to France a few months ago, Paris specifically and I don't think I enjoy fancy food as much as I used to. To me it was like it's about the food. It's also the experience and I'm not sure if I enjoyed it. Maybe I'm just getting older and I'm just not used to going out as much as I used to. But basically what I'm saying is I don't need to go to a fancy two or three Michelin star restaurant, they tend to be kind of stuffy anyway, you know. And I feel like you know, a bit more of a modern hip restaurant is more my style now.   I agree. During COVID, when I didn't go to restaurants, after people started emerging, I remember being really appreciative of service. But now I'm at a point where I think most of like the fancy meals, it's the same thing like every single time. So it does start to lose its novelty. And then you're kind of just looking for the quality of food, rather than the fanfare of it all. So something I wanted to also ask you is, what do you think would be useful for the exhausted burnt out professional moms, in terms of if they're on the precipice of making a change? What advice would you give them?   Wow, there's so much. Well, I think the first thing is to take care of yourself, right? Because all those things you described is mostly a result of just not prioritizing themselves. So I think there's a lot of work in that, right. And women, we're basically socialized to be caretakers. And even if you don't have kids, that extends to just the people around you, maybe your parents, etc, right?   Maybe in your culture, too. But in my culture, or a lot of other cultures, like you want to have a daughter because a daughter takes care of you, the sons don't. Right, have you heard that before? Yes, of course, in general, cultures, letting men walk away scot free from so many things that they could actually be contributing to including caring for your parents. Right?   Yeah. So I think there's a lot of that. And I think it's even way more exacerbated if you're a parent, because you're just giving so much to your kids. And that has a toll on you. Because then I see a lot of women, they feel like they don't even know who they are anymore. Because they've just been giving, giving, giving. And then obviously, depending on your work circumstances, and whether you've gone through a divorce, there's obviously a lot of things that can cause stress. And so I would say number one is really take care of yourself.   I actually taught a lot of my clients be willing to go part time and work less. But of course, they're always like, Well, what about money, right? They don't want to make less money. I was like, listen, money circumstances are temporary. And part of me is like, you might need to go part time or even take a sabbatical in order to a) recoup.   And then what if that's necessary to actually make more money? That's something people don't consider, because they're so focused on like, well, if I work part time, that means I make less money. In the short term, yes. But then the thing is, you don't have headspace to think about things or be creative, or to even think about having a side gig when you're burned at both ends, you know?   Absolutely. So I'm really intrigued by that. I love that concept that you're mentioning, what's the strategy behind that? Like, how do you coach your clients who you're saying, hey, maybe go part time, maybe take a sabbatical? What does that look like in reality? And how are you helping women to actually do this? Because that sounds really scary. And I'm sure many women are listening to this thinking, yeah, that's great and everything, but no, thanks. You know, they're all freaked out.   Yeah. So part of it is looking at their money to see what's going on. The thing is, most of my clients aren't going to go broke. Like when I say go broke, like, they're not going to not be able to feed their kids or their family if they take some time off. Most of them will just go part. I mean, it's all different. To be honest, the thing is, even when you're doing a sabbatical, there are so many options to make money. Like you can just do like a per diem or locums. Right, I think you do something like that.   So it's not like you turn the money faucet completely off. But it's like, how can we create more space and time and for some people, it's like literally just working one less day a week at their current job or, again, as physicians, there are a lot of options, expert witness work, etc. So it's not like you have to completely turn off the money income, but then it's also getting their money in order. Because the goal is to be in a position where if your job income stops, there shouldn't be a catastrophe in a month or two, right?   Yes, exactly. It's more, I think, just the idea of slowing down the incoming and what am I doing about the outgoing, that people just kind of freeze and have a fight or flight moment during that conversation.   I think they also have to realize that what they're doing now is completely unsustainable. If you think about the decrease in income being temporary, you could think of that as like the investment in yourself to get better, and to build a life where you're not going to need a vacation from right.   Yeah, we need time and space to actually create and have thoughts flow. Because when you are in the day in and day out, day to day grind, you're just surviving. So there's very little room to actually transform or grow during that time. What else besides the part time work would you add to your advice for busy exhausted mothers?   Well obviously getting coached. And I'm not just saying that as a coach, but also as a client. Like I don't know if you're getting coached actively right now, Prianca, but like people always. Actually I was just doing a call with someone and they were like, surprised that I was still getting coached on stuff.   What I've learned from that is, I think people think, whether it's for themselves or looking at other coaches, that we get to a point where our brains are just beautiful inside and like there's no negative thoughts and like, I can handle anything and that kind of thing, unfortunately, yeah, we're human.   Yeah, we're still human. Like, I'm working with a parenting coach now and like. Oh, that's cool. I would say parenting it's like the hardest job in the world right?    And the most important too. I feel like most people feel like for me, my job as a mom is the number one job even though I spend a lot of time with my career and other things but it's top of mind.   Yeah. And then also what I realized is like I think every parent absolutely needs a parent coach. And part of being the best parent that you want to be is like working on yourself. And so that's why I also think coaching is, every parent coach does it differently. Mine coaches me and then also helps with some tips and tricks, but a lot of it's just coaching me and I'm like, freaked out, Jack's gonna get kicked out of school, like, you know, our brains just go to worst case scenario, he's gonna get kicked out of school, and then wanting to fix it right away. And so she has to coach me to calm my brain on that topic.   But yeah, I think getting coached is so important because understanding that our thoughts create our feelings, it's just life changing. But there's more than just, as you know, like, the way I'm trained is like really just working on your thoughts and how they downstream to feelings. But as you probably know, there's like other things at play that aren't just related to thoughts.   So like, I just feel like there's so much support that's available for your mental and emotional health that I think a lot of us neglect, because everyone kind of knows, like, oh, yeah, you should work out and go to the gym, because you'll feel better. And it's good for your health, right. But our mental health is just not prioritized at all, as you know. So I think that's really, really important is to prioritize your mental health. And there's so many ways to do that. Whether psychiatrists, therapists, coaching all the above.   I mean, I have a personal therapist, I'm in group therapy, and I have a coach. So I very much believe in taking care of myself first. Because that's always how we get to show up as the best versions of ourselves for them, and also setting an example for them, hopefully, so that they grow up caring for their own mental health as adults.   Oh, that's such a good point. I don't think I really thought about that. Here's another thing, right? And I didn't mean to make this into a parenting thing. But this applies whether you're not parent is if you think about it, our generation, although I think you're a lot younger than me Prianca. I'm not that much younger than you. I think I'm like a couple years younger than you. Yeah.   You just look so young. But you know, we were raised not being taught anything about how to handle our emotions. And if anything, especially cultural is like, don't show emotion, like, be stoic. And then if you're highly educated, it's just like pushing on through school and getting whatever you have to done. And then if you're a doctor, it's worse as well through residency.   So I think we have to learn that skill ourselves and learning it ourselves. Everything we do, our kids are watching us, it's modeled for them, right? And so if you grew up in a family just yelled and punished, and grounded you all the time. It's so funny, because no one's gonna say like, well, how a parent I'm gonna do the same thing for my kids. But as you know, like you end up parenting like your parents. It's kind of insane kind of a mind f, if you think about it.   Well, it comes really naturally. My experience is, I think about the way I was parented, and then I think about. It's in a book, How to Raise Successful People, which I may have recommended to you by Esther Wojcicki but she talks about really going through everything, how you were raised, and thinking about what you want to propagate forward and what you want to eliminate.   I don't know if I want to propagate any of it.   Okay, so for me, a lot of it. I'm like, okay, I'm not like my parents at all. But then what I find is in an academic setting, or like, when I start seeing my son, if he's doing well in school, then I'm kind of like, Alright, I have to help foster this, but not in the same way that my parents did, in a gentle kind way. But I can feel that it's all stirring up the old stuff where I was trying to do the best I could in school, and then I'm thinking alright, yeah, let him do the best he can do but without the punishment, and without tying in any his self worth to that and having like, a way bigger distance from all that.   Well yeah, we definitely were raised in the punishment is how you get people to comply and I mean, it is effective, but it also totally squashes self esteem. Anyway, that's what I'm learning how to navigate. And it's been fascinating for me, and also just showing me like all the areas that I still have work to do, you know?   Yeah, well, we're all constantly growing and changing and doing the best we can. And I really believe that our generation, we are doing better than our parents did. And hopefully our kids will do even better. I think so. Yeah, yeah. Although, I bet our kids are gonna say the same thing about us.   Well, I'm wondering if it's gonna be because even social media and all the info that's out there, it's very much we're trying to foster these independent people. And we ask them all these questions, and we're much more into mental health, but I wonder if the complaints gonna be the other way. Like, why couldn't my mom just be normal? And why did she have to ask me like how I felt about this? Like it was too psychological?   Interesting, but everything comes down to feelings, like truly.   Well, yes. So today, I was talking to coaches in my mastermind. And I was saying that really the work that pretty much we all do is helping people to sit in the discomfort because once you learn to actually sit with it, that's the currency for the good life because it's being able to be present with your anxiety sometimes, or whatever negative emotions and getting a little bit distance from them, be it through the model or other methods, but really not being one with our thoughts and our feelings. 24/7 Because that's where the torture lies.   I know and little kids, they can't understand like, why can't I have something that I want? Or why do I have to do things I don't want to do. Like brushing his teeth it's like a battle. Like, well I don't want to brush my teeth? None of them do. They don't. Yeah. And he's like, so why should I like I don't want to so therefore I shouldn't.   If I'm really honest here, one of my least favorite things with my kids is the ADLs like, I dread the morning brush teeth and the evening like brush your teeth before bed. And it really depends on how tired I am at night. But especially my two year old, she won't let me brush her teeth. And then I just let her do like very subpar job. And I'm like, alright, it's over.   I mean, which kid actually does the full two minutes? I mean, I don't think anyone does. I do 30 seconds. I'm like, You know what, 30 seconds is good enough?   Yeah I don't know. They hate brushing their teeth. I don't know. And they can't understand that is an automatic and a non negotiable of life. It's just one of the things that we don't need to get into the reason with them, but they hate it.   It boggles my mind. I'm like, doesn't he like. But like, wake up and you've got that, like morning mouth thing going on? I'm like, how is he not bothered by that? But kids just don't seem to be.   They don't care. I know. I hear you. Anyway. Yeah, those chores are tough. I will say though I have an au pair now. She often does the morning brush teeth. And they actually let her help and whatnot, like more than they will me. So yeah, my life has become infinitely better with that. Extra set of hands with her. So I highly recommend that if you have the space for it. It will take that stuff off your plate.   Yeah, I mean, we just have one. We both work from home. So we haven't needed one. But I wouldn't hesitate to hire one if I had multiple kids and had a schedule that made it hard to handle it myself.   Any other advice for exhausted professional moms?   So even if you can't, like I talked about go part, time take a sabbatical. Like you could take a little trip and go to a spa resort by yourself. I'm glad you asked this again. Because when I tell people that I take solo trips, they're shocked. A lot of women are shocked whether they have kids or not. Right. They're just like what, you can do that? And so I travel a decent amount for work. I go to a lot of conferences, but for my birthday this year, I went to Maribel for two nights by myself.   I remember when I told Matt he was like, what? You're not going to hang out with the family? I'm like no. Maribel is an all inclusive spa resort. I love it. I've been there many times. It's amazing what just even a weekend away will be so like nourishing and for anyone listening Maribel, there's three locations, Austin, Berkshire's, which is Massachusetts and Arizona, just two hours south of Phoenix. They are amazing resorts. It's all about wellness and prioritizing and mindfulness. Have you been to one?   I have. I enjoyed it. I also went by myself. My only thing was I felt like I was hungry there. They're too healthy. And I know it's all about wellness. They do the food health, you know, the healthful eating, you know.   You can always get more food, right?   I know but it's all, it's too healthy for me, like I need a steak or a burger like.   Oh, you should have done cook for me. Do you do that? That's good.   I did do that one of the nights. Yes. And that was good. But yeah, that was my only qualm with that place. Yeah.   So yeah, I think that's a great place or just like taking a trip with your girlfriends. I think, again, so easy to just stop doing that because you get into this routine. So I think even that, like I require a decent amount of time for myself. And now it's like normal, I don't feel like, although lately I have been trying to minimize travel a bit more just because Jack started kindergarten and I want to be available for him because we sent him to a Waldorf school.   I saw your post on social media about a more nature immersed school, and I thought, wow, that's awesome.   He's on a farm. And he is gardening and feeding animals, like they're outside, even when it's wet outside. So I had to buy him all this special gear. There's zero academics in their kindergarten. Because their whole philosophy is that developmentally like it's easier to learn when they're a little older. So they actually read a lot later than mainstream school. And so my friends warned me that they won't be reading until second or third grade, even.   They really focus on social and emotional development. And so it just was in line with all the things that I've been learning myself, right, just like really focusing on emotional regulation. Because if you think about it, those skills are way more important than your academics.   It's so true with my children, too. I always think like, well, what is the endgame in this? Like, whatever it is. It's not straight A's. Right, that's for sure. And also people get really crazy about sports and teams and this and that. And I'm like, alright, well are you gonna become a professional athlete? If not, like we don't have to be so crazy about this. Like, it's okay. They learn to be on a team. To me, it's more of a social, like you're talking about skill building.   I don't understand. Like I remember even before Jack was born, just like seeing that this was a thing. And I was so confused, because that's not how it was when we grew up, like our activity was just roaming around the neighborhood on our bikes and our parents not knowing where we were, you know those were our activities.   And so I actually, because he is on a farm all day, like they're literally being physically active. Like, I don't feel the need to do it. And also, they actually said that it's actually not great for them at this age, I forget, but that was enough for me to be like see, they told me not to do it, I'm not gonna do it.   Yeah, I think that's amazing. One thing I will say is my son's kindergarten teacher was saying that she teaches the kids a song about boundaries. And I said, oh, my, I was freaking out. I said, Oh my god, that's amazing. I said, can you imagine if we had learned that at a young age, boundaries like I didn't know what that was until.   They just learned about the personal bubble, the space bubble. Learning that like yeah, there's like everyone has a bubble and you have to ask for consent. And Jack that's his challenging area because he doesn't understand that and because he's so sweet and loving. If he met you like he would just like hug you but he's very strong. So it's almost like he's tackling you. So he doesn't quite understand that not everyone likes to get hugged. I'm like, listen, I know some people are weird. They don't want hugs. So you always have to ask, he still doesn't ask he just will embrace you.   Aw he has to regulate his kindness. Aw. I love that. So I love this concept of take some time and go on a trip alone. I think people are really afraid to do it.   Start with, it doesn't have to be even a night like I think baby steps, right? Because if you're married with kids, I know we're focused, because I'm sure not everyone listening has kids. Like, I have met women who are married with kids who literally never been away from their kids, even one night and their kids are older. I know your eyes are just wide.   I don't even know how that's possible. That's really intense.   So many people, they don't even go out to dinner without their kids.   It's too much. Start with a dinner. Let's just say that, start with a dinner alone. And actually, you never know if you let's say you sit at the bar and you eat dinner, you can meet people around you and you make new friends or just the possibilities are endless with that. What I was going to say about the alone time, I recently realized because I would take my kids on trips, and I took a few days to just reset by myself. And it was so magical that I only had to care for myself.   That was the whole thing that I didn't have to worry about. All right, the brushing teeth or the breakfast. All their needs, which we care for all the time. It's so automatic that one day even to just only think about yourself and be quiet. I like the friends trip idea. But I also think the time when you're not talking to other people and feeling like you have to be entertaining, or engage or listen or any of those.   That's why I like Mirabel solo. Because you don't have to talk to anyone. And it's fine, because a lot of them are there by themselves. Some people go with their girlfriends, but like no one's expecting you to like engage. And it's in that solitude and the quietness that you can get your best ideas or just restore or you're not giving to anyone except yourself.   And I think that's so fascinating that so many women, that concept of oh, let me just give to myself, and no one else, is so shocking for them. It's a world that they don't know. So yeah, start with that. Even if you can do, like I have a goal of doing it one 24 hour shift a month alone, like that is my goal.   That's amazing. I don't think I have, well, when I went to Paris for 10 Nights. Yeah, I didn't bring my family. I didn't mean for it to be that long. But you know, my business class tickets were already booked. So I couldn't change them. Probably not entirely true.   That's so funny. Yeah. So I have that as a goal. In addition to I think with friends, it's always good to have like a yearly trip you do with a certain group, let's say for doctors or med school friends, or college friends, or whatever other group you have, and just make it an annual thing. And that way, it's already there. Because if you just let these things go years go by. I know time goes so fast. And it's also like I only have one I can't imagine what it's like with more than one little one. But I think lately I've been trying to pick resorts to have a kids club of some sort.   So we can just park them there for even a few hours is helpful. Or I bring my mom sometimes. Yeah, although she needs a break too. Well, that's not your job, though. But yeah, I mean, I think that's another thing, it's like, don't feel bad about having support. Because I think also we think do everything ourselves. Right.   So like hiring the au pair, or just hiring a part time babysitter or like, don't clean your house, someone else could do that. Like there's so many things you can outsource and they don't cost as much as people think. Like a lot of women I meet don't like to cook, I'm like you can hire a personal chef or get meal, like there's so many services now that do that. Even if you did it a few times a week, that would be helpful.   Absolutely, or just really taking inventory of the things that bring you joy and don't and then start outsourcing the ones that you don't enjoy. Like if you don't find cooking therapeutic, some people do, but if it's not a therapy session for you, and you find it tiring, you don't want to clean up. For me all the prep, the cooking the cleaning afterwards, like that's a big chore for me. So I'd rather have someone help.   I don't do that Matt does it and then he just leaves stuff everywhere. And I was like, listen, you do the laundry. He loves doing laundry. Like you do the laundry, I sometimes cook, I take care of all things Jack, and then you have to deal with dishes and the garbage. Like it's a great division of labor that we have, you know.   I clean up sometimes but it's just putting stuff in the dishwasher. It's not like it's hard, you know? No, it's not.   No, I was gonna say and also he can manage Jack when you take your solo trips.   Yes, I think that might be harder. So that's something we have to navigate because his school is kind of far right now. And so it's a lot of driving. And so I think this fall, I've kind of minimized although I already took one trip and I have another one coming up but just being more picky with like speaking engagements and things like that, because I want to be away a little less because last year I was gone a lot. I mean, it was fun for me. Don't get me wrong.   Yeah, things wax and wane. I love that. Well, thank you so much for all of your pearls and your journey. So beautiful that you shared with us today. And please tell us anything about your business, how we can find you, follow you, all those good things. And of course, I will link to everything in the show notes as well. But definitely tell us verbally.   Yeah, so everything is wealthy mom MD. So it's my website. That's my instagram handle, same as my podcast, wealthy mom MD. And then as you know, I have a book, you can find that on my website, but it's called Defining Wealth For Women. It's a pink book.   I love that you wrote a book and I just think that that speaks to how we all have the ability to make our dreams come true. It's just them matter of getting your mind to it and then taking the action to make it happen Exactly just taking steps, like all this stuff happens by doing like a lot of little things   Wonderful, well thanks so much for coming today, it was great having you.

Raising successful individuals is a challenge that every parent grapples with. How do we instill independence, resilience, and success in our children? Esther Wojcicki's How to Raise Successful People offers a set of principles that have not only been proven by her experiences as a seasoned educator but also as the mother of three exceptionally successful women.  In this podcast, I'm sharing my top 10 insights from the book. “Can you recommend a book for…?” “What are you reading right now?” “What are your favorite books?” I get asked those types of questions a lot and, as an avid reader and all-around bibliophile, I'm always happy to oblige. I also like to encourage people to read as much as possible because knowledge benefits you much like compound interest. The more you learn, the more you know; the more you know, the more you can do; the more you can do, the more opportunities you have to succeed. On the flip side, I also believe there's little hope for people who aren't perpetual learners. Life is overwhelmingly complex and chaotic, and it slowly suffocates and devours the lazy and ignorant. So, if you're a bookworm on the lookout for good reads, or if you'd like to get into the habit of reading, this book club for you. The idea here is simple: Every month, I'll share a book that I've particularly liked, why I liked it, and several of my key takeaways from it. I'll also keep things short and sweet so you can quickly decide whether the book is likely to be up your alley or not. Alright, let's get to the takeaways. Timestamps: 0:00 - Please leave a review of the show wherever you listen to podcasts and make sure to subscribe and leave a comment! 3:40 Why is Overprotecting Our Children Detrimental to Their Growth? The fatal flaw of helicopter parenting 4:05 - How Does Respecting a Child's Development Foster Their True Self? 4:40 - How Do Our Reactions to Mistakes Influence Our Children's Learning? 4:48 - Why Should Educators Answer the "Why" Question in Classrooms? 5:07 - How Does the Education System Impact Creative Thinking from Childhood to Adulthood? 5:34 - What Role Do Positive Family Experiences Play in a Child's Development? 5:47 - Why are Functional Relationships Crucial in Modeling Behavior for Our Children? 6:07 - What Does Research Say About the Effects of Maintaining Marriage on Children's Well-being? 6:44 - How Can We Teach Children About the Importance of Purpose and Meaning in Life? 7:29 - Why Does Parenting Shape the Future of Our World? 7:40 - Try Pulse today! Go to https://buylegion.com/pulse and use coupon code MUSCLE to save 20% or get double reward points! Mentioned on the Show: Try Pulse today! Go to https://buylegion.com/pulse and use coupon code MUSCLE to save 20% or get double reward points! How to Raise Successful People: https://www.amazon.com/How-Raise-Successful-People-Lessons/dp/1328974863/?tag=mflweb-20

Saya membahas buku How To Raise Successful People karya Esther Wojcicki. Buku ini membahas bagaimana tips untuk membesarkan seorang anak yang sukses. Banyak orang tua mengasuh seorang anak berdasarkan bagaimana mereka dibesarkan, entah memperkuat apa yang diajarkan, baik atau buruk, atau mereka begitu membencinya hingga mengasuh anak mereka sebaliknya. Padahal cara ini bukanlah cara yang tepat. Sebaiknya, pola asuh anak harus berdasarkan pada kebutuhan anak tersebut, apa yang terbaik bagi anak tersebut, bukan berdasarkan pengalaman masa lalu orang tua. Penulis boleh dibilang merupakan ibu yang luar biasa. Ketiga anak perempuannya merupakan wanita karir yang sukses. Anak tertuanya bernama Susan merupakan CEO dari Youtube, anak keduanya bernama Janet merupakan seorang dokter, dan anak ketiganya bernama Anne merupakan co-founder dan CEO dari perusahaan perusahaan kesehatan 23andMe.

Considered the Godmother of Silicon Valley, Esther Wojcicki is an award winning and recognized educator and a champion of empowering students and raising generations (including one's own kids) to become independent, creative, self-sufficient and contributing members of society. She unpacks all that and more in this episode of In Piazza. Learn more about her at moonshotsedu.com and check out her book How to Raise Successful People. Tune in now! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inpiazza/support

In this episode, I interview Esther Wojcicki, a teacher at Palo Alto High School for 36 years, a California Teacher of the Year award winner and the founder of Tract and Moonshots in Education. We discuss Esther's legendary journalism program at PALY, her work in changing schools for the better and her recent book, How to Raise Successful People. I really enjoyed talking to Esther and learning so much more about journalism, education and parenting.

Esther Wojcicki joins us for episode 19 to discuss revitalizing working parents. She is known as the "Godmother of Silicon Valley" and is a highly respected award-winning educator, wife, mother, grandmother, award-winning journalist, and author of How to Raise Successful People using her T.R.I.C.K. (trust, respect, independence, collaboration, and kindness) method. Esther raised three successful daughters - the CEO of YouTube, the Co-Founder and CEO of 23andMe, and a professor of pediatrics at the University of California - San Francisco. She has passed on the art of grit and drive to thousands of students who have grown up to become empowered adults.  The accompanying infographic created by Joan Bufalino can be found on my website at General 1 — Gayle Keller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 immigrant7:02 Why Esther thought education was necessary for her survival10:41 Being disowned for pursuing a university degree13:59 Becoming a mother16:51 Figuring out how to be a parent19:41: The lemon girls20:59: Swimming at 12 months old!23:05: Table manners27:38: Teaching at Palo Alto High School33:09: 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. methodology48:58: How tiger mums can help kids become more independent49:45: Are there instances when you need to be a tiger mum?50:43: Founding the Tract with Ari Memar56:41: The 20% rule

Esther Wojcicki is no stranger to the concept of innovation. She's the famous parent of the Wojcicki sisters, all of whom have achieved tremendous professional success: one is now the CEO of Youtube, the other the CEO of 23andMe, and the last a leading researcher currently at UCSF. She has written two books, one on parenting called "How to Raise Successful People" and one on pedagogy called "Moonshots in Education". Esther herself has an impressive resume. As a former high school teacher that has earned multiple teaching awards, she has a long career in education, journalism, and technology. Now, Esther is the co-founder of Tract, a peer to peer learning platform where kids ages 8 to 14 watch videos created by inspiring and ambitious teenagers.

Esther Wojcicki - Would you like to meet the mother of the CEO of YouTube, the founder of 23 and Me (the country's newest self-made billionaire), and an anthropologist and epidemiologist? This fascinating woman is all of that and more! Esther leads us through her journey of life as a teacher for 30 years who kids TRUSTed, while raising three amazing daughters! In addition, she is a best-selling author, and she's not done yet! She has two world-changing passion projects, Tract and WOJ.IT. This is one of the most impressive women I have ever interviewed! You won't want to miss her parenting secrets! Author of How to Raise Successful People and Moonshots in Education. 

Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful People. Topic: Simple lessons for Radical Results Issues: The T-R-I-C-K method: Trust (trust your child and yourself), Respect (your child is not your clone), Independence (don't do anything for your child); Collaboration (children hear what you do, not what you say); Kindness (teach your child to give […] The post How to Raise Successful People + Being the Grownup appeared first on Mr. Dad.

"We're trying to get kids to be interested in something and develop a passion for it. My goal is to empower kids. I've been working on that my whole life." So honored to have Esther Wojcicki, the Godmother of Silicon Valley, on today's show! Esther is Co-Founder of TractLearning, Inc. and the Founder of the Palo Alto High School Media Arts Program. In this episode, she shares her inspiring journey from her dream of becoming a journalist to finding her path towards becoming the amazing teacher that she is! Esther also talks about some of her teaching philosophy, her most recent endeavor in education technology, and most especially her “TRICK” in raising successful people. So excited for you to hear this wonderful conversation on #TheKaraGoldinShow Show notes at https://karagoldin.com/podcasts/159 Enjoying this episode of #TheKaraGoldinShow? Let Kara know by clicking on the link below and sending her a quick shout-out on social! Follow Kara on IG: https://www.instagram.com/karagoldin/ Follow Kara on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karagoldin Follow Kara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/karagoldin Follow Kara on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaraGoldin Mentioned in the Episode: Esther Wojcicki's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EstherWojcicki Esther Wojcicki's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherwojcicki/ Tract: https://tract.app/company/about How to Raise Successful People: https://www.amazon.com/How-Raise-Successful-People-Lessons/dp/1328974863  

This week we are hearing from Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful People.  Esther is known as the Godmother of Silicon Valley and is known as a legendary teacher, and mother of a super-family. Her daughters are absolutely amazing women: The CEO of YoutTube, Co-founder of 23andMe, and an Asst Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF.  Listen up for three things: the TRICK, swimming at 12 months, and Elon Musk.Esther is giving our listeners three months free of her app, Tract; a learning app for kids ages 8-15 years old. Visit woj.tract.app and use code "WOJ" to redeem this offer.Check out her book!------------Welcome to the Love or Work Podcast, hosted by Andre Shinabarger (Physician Assistant, Grady Hospital) and Jeff Shinabarger (Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Plywood People). They are asking the question: Is it possible to change the world, stay in love, and raise a healthy family? 100 interviews where Jeff and Andre learn from other working families in the journey of marriage, purpose, and parenting.Order the Love or Work Book!Website: www.loveorwork.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/loveorworkLove or Work is a project of Plywood People.Plywood is a non-profit in Atlanta leading a community of start-ups doing good. www.plywoodpeople.com

How do you earn the title of “The Godmother of Silicon Valley?” By raising the CEOs of YouTube, 23 and Me, a college professor and becoming an award-winning journalist, lifelong teacher, personally mentoring Steve Jobs' child, and writing dozens of books on the educational system. That's how Esther Wojcicki made her mark in Palo Alto and became a central figure in the tech boom of California. When 1Huddle's Founder and CEO, Sam, caught up with Esther they talked about everything from the importance of allowing kids to fail when they learn, society's failure to fully embrace mobile tech to how the definition of infrastructure has changed over the years. Being so involved with educating those that drove the biggest tech boom in history, Esther has tons of experience and stories to share, this is definitely an episode you're going to want to listen to. So...let's bring it in!

This week, the Getting Smart team is speaking with Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski about their new book, When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids. Gregg Behr is the Executive Director of The Grable Foundation, a father, and a children’s advocate whose work is inspired by the legacy of his hero, Fred Rogers. His co-author, Ryan Rydzewski, is an award-winning author, reporter, and speechwriter whose science and education stories span everything from schools to space travel to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Listen in as they discuss their new book and the themes of community, collaboration, and the enduring lessons of Mister Rogers. “Not only was [Mister Rogers] that loving grandfatherly figure who made us feel loved and capable of loving, but he was also a remarkable learning scientist.” — Gregg Behr   Key Takeaways: [:10] About today’s episode with Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski. [:46] Tom welcomes Gregg and Ryan to the podcast. [1:08] Gregg speaks about his educational background and the thread of ethics and character formation that run through his work. [1:57] How and when did Gregg discover the power of active learning that is behind Remake Learning? What is the origin story of Remake Learning? [5:44] Ryan shares why he decided to teach at East Baton Rouge Parish School System back in 2009 after receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing at the University of Pittsburgh. [6:23] Did Ryan have any classes in the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh? [7:01] Gregg shares when and how Mister Rogers entered the picture in his world. [8:28] Ryan speaks about his connection to Mister Rogers growing up and why he found him so inspiring. [9:21] Gregg shares about Fred Rogers’ presence across the Pittsburgh community. [10:39] Ryan elaborates on how the environment of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was highly engineered to enrich lives and future growth and how every script, song, and story was created in alignment with proven research that benefited children. [12:13] Why warmth and safety are so important in creating space for curiosity, and the ways in which Fred Rogers embodied warmth and safety that unlocked learning for children. [14:19] Gregg highlights other points of intentionality in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood that they uncovered while writing their book, When You Wonder, You're Learning. [15:04] Why they incorporated many song lyrics into their book. [16:22] Gregg shares what he believes Mister Roger was trying to evoke when he asked, “What might you do?” on his show. [17:54] Mister Roger has said, “Listening is where love begins.” What did Ryan learn about listening in writing the book? [19:33] Gregg shares what he thinks Fred Rogers’ advice would be today about working together and collaboration. [21:35] As a writer, did Ryan find this book easy or hard to write? [22:51] Gregg shares the main mission of their book, who they tried to address, and what they hoped to accomplish by writing it. [24:58] About a powerful new tool that every teacher should be using with their students: The Well-Being Index by Turnaround for Children. [25:50] Ryan shared what he learned about himself from working on this project and how he continues to learn going forward. [27:44] What Ryan is doing to make himself a better writer and his advice for young writers. [28:48] Gregg shared what he learned about himself from working on the book and how he continues to learn about the practice of philanthropy. [30:50] Tom and Jessica thank Ryan and Gregg for joining the podcast!   Mentioned in This Episode: When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids, by Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Gregg Behr’s LinkedIn Ryan Rydzewski’s LinkedIn The Grable Foundation Remake Learning Teach for America The Pittsburgh Foundation Turnaround for Children The Well-Being Index by Turnaround for Children Getting Smart Podcast Ep. 208: “How to Raise Successful People with Esther Wojcicki”   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review, and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include “Podcast” in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!  

"I had this goal: I wanted my kids to be independent." Esther Wojcicki Meet Esther, the star teacher known as "Woj" to her loving students in Palo Alto and the mom of three very successful children: Susan, CEO of YouTube; Anne, Cofounder/CEO of 23andMe; and Janet, an anthropologist and associate professor of pediatrics. Esther is also a big fan of Montessori. The Montessori Education Podcast with Jesse McCarthy | https://www.montessorieducation.com/podcast/how-to-raise-successful-people-with-esther-wojcicki

The true meaning of empowering children is to help them claim the rights to their own life so that they can lead with a sense of confidence, clarity, and courage. The key is to trust  children to make their own mistakes while trusting yourself to resist the temptation of wanting to do everything for them. On this episode, leading American educator, author of the book How to Raise Successful People, Vice Chair of Creative Commons, journalist and mother of three accomplished daughters, Esther Wojcicki, discusses how to raise and teach children to become independent thinkers and self-reliant learners. By handing more control over to children, adults are likely to promote the growth of their pre-frontal cortex and inadvertently strengthen their Executive Function for life.About Esther WojcickiEsther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esther's secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23&Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States.  Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. She is the author of Moonshots in Education (2014) and best seller How to Raise Successful People (May, 2019).  She is co founder of Tract.app (2020) an innovative way to empower students using a peer to peer model.Book:How to Raise Successful PeopleMoonshots in EducationWebsites:http://tract.appwww.wojway.comwww.globalmoonshotsineducation.orgwww.estherwoj.netHelpful Articles:"The mother of two Silicon Valley CEOs and a college professor shares her secret to raising successful kids" Quartz Article"Want to Raise Successful Kids? Try the 5-Part 'TRICK' Formula" Inc Article"Parenting Lessons with Esther Wojcicki" Worth ArticleAbout Host, Sucheta KamathSucheta Kamath, is an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a TEDx speaker, a celebrated community leader, and the founder and CEO of ExQ®. As an EdTech entrepreneur, Sucheta has designed ExQ's personalized digital learning curriculum/tool that empowers middle and high school students to develop self-awareness and strategic thinking skills through the mastery of Executive Function and social-emotional competenSupport the show

This conversation will focus on Parenting and Life Long learning. The future of our success as humanity lies in a great education. Most parents want their kids to grow up so that they are successful and can make a positive impact in the world. However, it’s not clear on the way forward as a parent especially because of the pandemic. Is it better to homeschool or make sure they are in a school or university that is more project-based or that focuses on building human potential rather than grades? How can we educate the youth to develop the right skills needed for the future and what are those skills? How do teachers need to adapt to more of a remote working environment? The pace of change keeps accelerating and what we learn today becomes irrelevant tomorrow. How do we build a culture of life-long learning so that we remain curious and motivated to constantly keep learning new skills and tools? Exponential technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, 3d printing and networksand sensors have become widely more available to amplify and enhance learning inmuch more empathetic, immersive, and experiential ways. How is this impacting education?Featuring:Dr Esther Wojcicki - SingularityU Faculty for Education. Esther's primary focus is to help parents, teachers and managers be more effective at home, in the classroom, and in the corporate world! Esther holds three honorary doctorates and is the best selling author of "How to Raise Successful People".Fred Swaniker - Deeply passionate about Africa and believes that the missing ingredient on the continent is good leadership. In line with this, he has founded two organizations that aim to catalyze a new generation of ethical, entrepreneurial African leaders: African Leadership Academy and the African Leadership Network.

On this episode of The Backwards Podcast, we sit down to discuss education, parenting, and what it even means to be "successful" with Esther Wojcicki.  One of the reasons people go to Esther Wojcicki for parenting advice is because her three daughters are off-the-charts successful: Susan is the CEO of YouTube, Janet is a professor at UC San Francisco, and Anne is the CEO of 23andMe. What’s more, Wojcicki has been a teacher for 36 years, helping build a world-famous media arts program at Palo Alto High School. Her latest book, How to Raise Successful People, builds upon her life story as an educator and parent, and follows the success of her first book, Moonshots in Education.

BREAKING NEWS! The "Godmother of Silicon Valley" is joining me on my podcast for an interview to discuss Parenting + education Esther Wojcicki is the mom of three successful daughters: ➡️ The CEO of YouTube ➡️ The CEO of 23andMe ➡️ A doctor Esther has transformed many of her students' lives to become sought-after industry leaders and founders Esther is also the CEO of Global Moonshots and a Singularity University faculty member ---- During our interview, we discussed, How you can raise successful children Esther dropped SO MUCH value If you are a parent, I highly recommend you check out this episode! ---- QUESTIONS DISCUSSED ➡️ What are the old education practices that need to be disrupted? ➡️ Esther's TRICK method to raising successful people + How to apply it? ➡️ What are the 4 Cs that we should be teaching our children? AND SO MUCH MORE ---- You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link. ---- Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls --- Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show? Every Friday, at 9am PST | noon EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to deliver valuable content to you. I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers! You can follow my other social media channels: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook ---

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esther's secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23&Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. She is the author of Moonshots in Education (2014) and best seller How to Raise Successful People (May, 2019). She is co founder of Tract.app (2020) an innovative way to empower students by gamifying education using a peer to peer model. Key Takeaways: 00:30 Esther's Favorite Thing about Working with Young Learners 09:28 The Challenge for Educators with New Technologies 18:23 COVID and Alternative Education 25:32 Important Skills for Children to Have 35:19 Two Different Kinds of Bad Parenting 37:00 The Courage To Be Different and Vulnerable 45:50 How can Teenagers meet their Social Needs? 47:56 Metaphor comparing Traditional Education with Self-directed Education Quotes: "Young learners, they're incredibly creative and you would never be able to predict what they're going to ask or do or say. And I love that. Unpredictability and I love their creativity." "You don't learn to be kind unless you are treated with kindness." "When you trust the child, they then feel good about themselves. And then they trust themselves." "An innovation comes from taking a risk. So you cannot be innovative as long as you're unwilling to put yourself in this sort of vulnerable position." “The social, emotional skills are more important than anything. And those are the skills you, parents, can teach while your kid is at home now.” Social Links: Esther Wojcicki LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherwojcicki/ Co-Founder- http://tract.app Dean: HarmonyPlus; Palo Alto High Journalism Founder: Creative Commons; JournalisticLearningInitiative Advisory Council: How to Raise Successful People; ThriveGlobal Blogger; Founder: https://globalmoonshots.org/ Books: Moonshots in Education

Renowned journalist, entrepreneur, educator, and mother of two Esther Wojcicki draws on her decades of professional and personal experience in her attempt to create a roadmap for raising children to be successful, independent, and compassionate. Winner of numerous pedagogical awards such as the 2002 California Teacher of the Year by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the 2011 Charles O’Malley Award from Columbia Scholastic Press, Wojcicki, known affectionately as Woj by her friends, is also the mother of 3 exceptional and accomplished daughters. Her children; Anne (co-founder and CEO of 23andMe), Janet, a Fulbright-winning anthropologist, and Susan, YouTube’s CEO, are a testament to her wisdom as a parent. *** Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries.

Esther Wojcicki is known as The Godmother of Silicon Valley, a California Teacher of the Year Award winner, a bestselling author of two books, and a teacher whose many students, and her own three daughters, have gone on to change and impact the world greatly. Steve Jobs even made sure that his kids were Esther's studentsEsther's has two bestsellers are: “How to Raise Successful People” and “Moonshots in Education” She's the mother of three incredible daughters: Anne is the Founder of 23 and Me, Susan is the CEO of YouTube, and Janet is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of San Francisco.Esther has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Wired, Time Magazine, The Financial Times, The LA Times, Psychology Today, Business Insider, and many more, and is the author of viral blog posts for the Huffington Post.She's always been at the forefront of emerging trends in education and has been intimately involved with Google and GoogleEdu since its inception, where she was one of the leaders in setting up the Google Teacher Academy.In this conversation, Esther and Chris talk about her effective and widely respected approach of collaborative leadership and teaching. This style has led her to be widely recognized as one of the most important and impactful educators in our country.For more info or to book Esther to speak, click here: https://www.calentertainment.com/port…Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.calentertainment.com/virtually-speaking/

Renowned journalist, entrepreneur, educator, and mother of two Esther Wojcicki draws on her decades of professional and personal experience in her attempt to create a roadmap for raising children to be successful, independent, and compassionate. Winner of numerous pedagogical awards such as the 2002 California Teacher of the Year by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the 2011 Charles O’Malley Award from Columbia Scholastic Press, Wojcicki, known affectionately as Woj by her friends, is also the mother of 3 exceptional and accomplished daughters. Her children; Anne (co-founder and CEO of 23andMe), Janet, a Fulbright-winning anthropologist, and Susan, YouTube’s CEO, are a testament to her wisdom as a parent. *** Do you want more free audiobook summaries like this? Download our app for free at QuickRead.com/App and get access to hundreds of free book and audiobook summaries.

Larry Magid and Kerry Gallagher speak with Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful People. She's the mother of three successful daughters and a journalism teacher who's educated thousands of successful students. Her methods may not be conventional, but they do work.

Larry Magid and Kerry Gallagher speak with Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful People. She's the mother of three successful daughters and a journalism teacher who's educated thousands of successful students. Her methods may not be conventional, but they do work.

Esther Wojcicki is a celebrated educator, a pioneer in instructional technology, Founder of the renowned Media Arts Program at Palo Alto High School, and the author of the bestselling book, How to Raise Successful People. Esther was named Teacher of the Year in California in 2002 and received the Charles O’Malley Award for outstanding teaching in journalism in 2011. Esther is also the Founder of the Journalistic Learning Initiative at the University of Oregon, and is the Founder and CEO of GlobalMoonshots.org. Esther raised three daughters: Susan (CEO of YouTube), Anne (CEO of 23andMe), and Janet (professor, UC San Francisco).   Key Takeaways [3:25] Talk to your teenagers. Their creative minds are impressive. [5:35] Helicopter parents have the same problem as bad managers, they micromanage! [7:50] Helicopter parenting might be due to having access to more information than before and it’s making parents fearful for their children. [8:55] Esther believes we’d be happier people if we had access to less information, but that’s simply not possible with our world today. What we need to do is learn how to cope. [11:15] Esther believes teaching media literacy is a critical skill to have as we live in an information-overload environment. People need to know how to read between the lines and figure out if something is truthful or not. [13:10] 18-24-year-olds are completely different from the millennials. Millennials are even having trouble working with 20-year-olds! [15:00] Children today grew up with information overload. [16:15] Children of CEOs are afraid they’ll never live up to their parents’ expectations. [17:25] There are a lot of kids in the Midwest or the South where the American Dream doesn’t seem achievable or realistic for them. [21:55] Esther emphasizes the importance of teaching children how to learn because this is a skill for life. [22:15] Why memorize a test when students will forget 95% of it a year later? We have a re-skilling problem in the United States. [24:55] For people to take chances, they have to feel safe. [28:35] We all have deadlines. It’s important to make people feel comfortable to take risks, in spite of them. [31:55] With so much democracy, we have communication chaos. We don’t know which source to believe. [38:05] If children aren’t learning about trust and risk at home, how can they learn these skills? Esther believes it starts at school. [44:10] The power to change the schools lies with the parents.   Quotable Quotes For people to take chances, they have to feel safe. “We are all fearful. Everybody is afraid non-stop. I’m afraid for the world.” “Every generation is different because they’re growing up in a different world.” “Children today tend to be much more risk-averse because somebody was always there helping them.” “Here we have a lot of kids whose parents are CEOs and their number one fear is they’ll never live up to the standards set by their parents.” “What does it take these days for people to achieve the American dream?” “I’m teaching kids how to learn because this is a skill for life. I am not teaching them to memorize.” “Believe in the student and they believe in themselves. They rise to levels that are completely unexpected.” “When you’re really upset and worried, you tend to be less productive than when you feel good about yourself and  when you feel supported.” “You want kids to feel at home at school. You want them to feel a sense of community. Today, many schools don’t do that.”   Resources and Books Mentioned Raisesuccessfulpeople.com Globalmoonshots.org Esther on LinkedIn Follow Esther on Twitter @EstherWojcicki Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell, by Alan Eagle, Eric Schmidt, and Jonathan Rosenberg   The Leadership Podcast is Sponsored by:     Cultivate Grit. Amplify Action. The Self-Reliant Leadership® Manifesto reveals the Three Pillars of a Self-Reliant Leader, which encompass the character attributes, interpersonal skills, and levers required to lead today’s workforce. Get your free copy HERE.     Free downloads of Quick Reference Guides on Delegation, Time Management, Sales, and more.    ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Strategic Partners   The Leadership Podcast is proud to announce a new initiative with thoughtLEADERS to provide very short podcasts called Chalk Talks. They’re bitesize hacks on common (but challenging) leadership issues. Interested in learning more?  You can only access the Chalk Talks by subscribing to our mailing list at The Leadership Podcast.   Beyond the Uniform offers over 300 free episodes to help military Veterans succeed in their civilian career. This includes overviews of potential career paths, deep dives on necessary skills to succeed, and reviews of other free services that support the military Veteran community. You can find more info at BeyondTheUniform.org.

When we empower our kids to make decisions, and we trust them to understand the good or bad consequences, we're creating self responsible humans. When we step out of the learning process, we help to build up their resiliencey and self esteem. We need this now more than ever to help rebuild the foundation of humankind.   You can find the full clip here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qILVRcGNJzE   How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results (book): https://amzn.to/3d4zLmC   Learn more about Esther Wojcicki here:  http://www.moonshotsedu.com/   We'd love to know what you think and join in on the conversation! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on Instagram (@pgishparenting) or at erinsholland.com

On this episode, Erin speaks with an extraordinary mother, a prolific author, and award winning educator Esther Wojcicki. With the release of her acclaimed second book, How to Raise Successful People, Esther parallels her parenting skills from her home with her teaching tactics from her classroom. This award winning Journalism teacher and former California Teacher of the Year, has good reason to write about raising and teaching successful people. Listen to this enlightening episode to get some insight as to why. Following that conversation, you’ll hear from original Freedom Writer, Latilla Cain who, like many of Esther’s students, benefitted from the trust and responsibility afforded to her in Erin's classroom. With her newfound independence, Latilla was able to shape her future and become a masterful mentor, and mother. Show Notes: Moonshots in Education: https://amzn.to/2JauLPY How to Raise Successful People: https://amzn.to/39dQOQd The Woj Way: https://bit.ly/398cltH

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esthers secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23 And Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. In this interview, Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world!

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esthers secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23 And Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. In this interview, Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world!

Esther Wojcicki has been an educational pioneer and journalist for nearly 40 years. She is the founder of the famed Media Arts programs at Palo Alto High School. She is also the founder of Global Moonshots in Education, an organization with the goal of bringing to every classroom, Blended Learning – a new model of teaching that incorporates technology, enabling students to be so fully engaged and inspired in their learning, that they reach their fullest potential and readiness for thriving in the 21st century and beyond. She helped to form GoogleEdu - a teacher-student resource platform and consulted for many years with the U.S. Department of Education, the Hewlett Foundation and Time Magazine Education. She has worked across the globe with innovative educators, is Vice Chair of the Creative Commons Advisory Counsel and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Newseum. It is no surprise that Esther has positively imprinted the lives of the thousands of students she has taught, many of whom have gone on to be powerful agents for change in our world. She has inspired scores of Silicon Valley luminaries, among them her own daughters – Janet, a renowned anthropologist and epidemiologist; Anne, the founder of 23andMe; and Susan, the CEO of YouTube. Undoubtedly Esther’s 9 grandchildren will do their part to shape the future. Esther’s latest book, “How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results” is an engaging synopsis of the values that guide her work as a teacher, journalist, advisor mother and grandmother and that will help all of us raise successful, empathetic children who will change the world.

Esther Wojcicki is a journalist and educator.  She founded and runs the Palo Alto High School Media Arts Center, which engages over 600 students directly in media such as magazines, newspapers, radio, television and photography.  She wrote the book “How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results”.  Her qualifications?  Her three daughters, Susan, Anne and Janet are the CEO of Youtube, Founder and CEO of 23 and Me, and a professor of medicine at UCSF. In this podcast, we discuss her path through the male dominated world of journalism, to becoming a teacher and founding the Media Arts Center.  She relates how she raised her children to be particularly independent, and discusses the rise of ‘helicopter parents’ --  parents who sometimes hover over their children even as they go to college.  We also discuss the evolution and state of journalism from typeset newspapers, to the massive changes brought on by the Internet, Facebook, YouTube and Google. How to Raise Successful People https://raisesuccessfulpeople.com Media Arts Center http://www.palymac.org/

Everywhere she goes, people ask Esther Wojcicki for parenting advice. That's because each one of her three daughters has a crazy awesome job: Susan is the CEO of YouTube, Janet is a professor at UC San Francisco, and Anne is the co founder and CEO of 23andMe.Ester has also been a journalism teacher for more than 35 years at Palo Alto High School. The students that swear by her method include actor and director, James Franco and Jeremy Lin, a Harvard graduate and point guard in the NBA.So what is it? What's her methodology? Esther has just released a book called How to Raise Successful People in which she outlines a five step process for raising successful people. I read the book and interviewed ester about 3 months ago, and since implementing the methodology it has radically transformed my relationship with my son. What's more, this isn't just a way to raise happy/successful kids. It's a method you can take to work to have happy and successful employees. You can use these 5 steps in any relationship you want to improve.Here are the five steps. They spell the word TRICK. T-R-I-C-KTrust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and KindnessI can't wait to for you to hear this really insightful conversation, and be sure to listen after the show to find out what happened when I interviewed my son on how Jason and I have been doing in each of these categories. Important Links for the Show:Amazing kids activity in a box: http://kiwico.com/dianaThe bank you've been waiting for: http://nbkc.com/dianaEsther's projects:http://www.moonshotsedu.comhttps://raisesuccessfulpeople.comProfessional AF Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/943925015810362/Diana online: www.DianaKander.com

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esthers secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23 And Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. In this interview, Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world!

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esthers secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23 And Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. In this interview, Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world!

All parents need to know one thing, says Esther Wojcicki: “There is no perfect parenting.” Wojcicki is the author of How to Raise Successful People, a legendary journalism teacher, and founder of the renowned Media Arts programs at Palo Alto High School. She’s also the mother of three famously successful women. And today, she’s sharing her formula for raising, mentoring, and developing people to reach their highest potential. It starts with her acronym TRICK: trust, respect, independence, collaboration, and kindness. If you’re a parent, it involves giving yourself a break and finding ways to empower your children to be independent thinkers. And for many more of us (parents or not), it means rethinking our assumptions of what it takes to be happy, to be impactful, to be successful in the world. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.)

 Interview Notes, Resources, & LinksGet the book, How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results Visit Esther's WebsiteFollow Esther on Twitter @EstherWojcickiAbout Esther WojcickiEsther Wojcicki is a leading American educator, journalist, and mother. A leader in blended learning and the integration of technology into education, she is the founder of the Media Arts programs at Palo Alto High School and the vice chair of Creative Commons, and was also instrumental in the launch of Google Teacher Academy.

Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful People. Topic: Simple lessons for Radical Results Issues: The T-R-I-C-K method: Trust (trust your child and yourself), Respect (your child is not your clone), Independence (don’t do anything for your child); Collaboration (children hear what you do, not what you say); Kindness (teach your child to give […] The post How to Raise Successful People + Being the Grownup appeared first on Mr. Dad.

Attention all helicopter moms! T&J discuss a book that all parents should read, Author Esther Wojcick shares her tried and tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using respect, independence, collaboration and kindness. She raised 2 CEOs and a Doctor.  The Novaks recommend a series they watched on HBO. The series is based on a best selling book and includes an outstanding cast including Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep.  Listen in and hear about a NEW favorite products T&J  are using in the kitchen.   

In this week’s episode, Tom Vander Ark is speaking with Esther Wojcicki, an internationally-known educator, consultant, and speaker with a demonstrated history of working in the e-learning industry. She is the Chief Learning Officer at Planet3, the Founder of the Journalistic Learning Initiative in collaboration with the University of Oregon, an Advisory Board member at THNK, The Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership, a Plenary Speaker at UNESCO, and a teacher at Palo Alto High School since 1984 who shaped their journalism program from the ground up! On top of all this (and many more organizations and initiatives she is a part of), she is also the author of two successful books, Moonshots in Education: Launching Blended Learning in the Classroom and How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results.   Esther’s most recent book, How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results, published just this May, outlines the key values of successful homes (or schools, programs, or companies) through the principles of her acronym: T.R.I.C.K: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. And while honing her craft as an educator, Wojcicki was raising three daughters using these same principles.   In this podcast, Esther discusses how she helped shape writing and journalism at Palo Alto High School as a teacher; what she believes to have been the key ingredients to the current success of Palo Alto and its journalism program; the conditions at Palo Alto that allow a world-class journalism program to exist; and how to create a culture of tradition and excellence in both the home, in the classroom, and in your business. She also shares important key takeaways from her new book and the important life lessons she has shared with her children that have helped shape them into the successful individuals they are today!   Key Takeaways: [:12] About today’s episode and Getting Smart’s new team member, Mason Pashia! [:29] Mason speaks about the values of his family that have impacted his life and career today. [1:10] About today’s guest, Esther Wojcicki. [1:54] Tom welcomes Esther to the podcast! [2:36] Where and how did Esther’s passion for journalism first begin? [4:29] Does Esther recall having good writing instruction in high school? [5:59] Did Esther have good writing experiences at Berkeley? [6:38] Why did Esther decide to begin studying French? [7:41] What was the state of student writing and journalism when Esther began as a teacher at Palo Alto High School in 1984? [10:44] About the physical space Esther was teaching in back in 1984 at Palo Alto. [11:22] About the current incredible space that is Palo Alto! [12:12] What does Esther believe to have been the key ingredients to the current success of Palo Alto and its journalism program. [14:03] Esther describes how students can progress into leadership roles in the various publications. [17:11] Esther summarizes the conditions that allow a world-class program such as the journalism program at Palo Alto to exist. [19:55] Esther speaks about the culture at Palo Alto where students receive the majority of their feedback from their peers. [21:35] Tom and Esther discuss how Palo Alto’s academic programs create a culture and tradition of excellence. [23:17] Esther speaks about her first book, Moonshots in Education, and explains what the Moonshot Manifesto is all about! [24:52] Esther speaks about the Journalistic Learning Initiative she created in collaboration with the University of Oregon. [26:49] From her book, How to Raise Successful People, Esther explains her important acronym, T.R.I.C.K, that are the key values crucial to raising successful children, a successful classroom, and managing a successful company. [34:42] Should parents set high expectations for their children with regards to both behavior and achievement? [36:50] Have Esther and her family traveled a lot? If so, has it benefited them? [38:02] Have Esther or her daughters developed useful tech management tools around screen time? [39:44] How are the performing arts and visual arts important for children? [40:54] Esther gives her recommendations on when and how to expose children to the world of work. [42:45] When did Esther let her girls know that she was writing a book on how to raise successful people? [44:10] Tom thanks Esther for joining him this podcast!   Mentioned in This Episode: Mason Pashia — Getting Smart’s new Growth & Marketing Manager How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results, by Esther Wojcicki ASU GSV Summit Palo Alto High School Moonshots.org Moonshots in Education: Blended Learning in the Classroom, by Esther Wojcicki, Lance Izumi, and Alicia Chang Journalistic Learning Initiative   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? 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What does it take to raise successful people? Esther Wojcicki, lovingly referred to as the Godmother of Silicon Valley, has a simple answer to this million-dollar question. It comes in the convenient form of an acronym: TRICK (Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration and Kindness). It also comes in the form of her new book, How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results. Her tried-and-true advice for parents, employers and mentors of all kinds is to trust individuals to follow their passions and to work hard, to be supportive of their achievements and, above all, to relax. Her wisdom applies to the corporate hiring process, to young parents raising children, to teachers trying to be the best advocates for their students they can be. Wojcicki is a revered high school teacher in the media arts program she founded at Palo Alto High School, a role model for Silicon Valley legends such as Steve Jobs (and his daughter Lisa), and the mother of three successful daughters: the CEO of YouTube, a professor of pediatrics at UCSF medical school and one of the co-founders of 23andMe. Come join us for a conversation about mentoring, trust and unlocking human potential with a teacher and parent who has it figured out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPEAKERS Esther Wojcicki Educator; Author, How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results In Conversation with Roy Eisenhardt Lecturer, UC Berkeley Law School This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on July 10th, 2019.

What exactly do we want for our children? I've found out that parents, at least most want their children to be healthy, happy, and successful in life. If there is any way a parent can ensure a brighter and better future for their children, they will surely follow the path. One of the core tenets of American society is the belief and drive for the current generation to ensure that they hand over a better country to the future generation. That is why America is great as a country, it is about continuous improvement. So how can we ensure a better future for our children? Do parents have any contribution to how successful their children will be?  In my quest to find answers to these essential questions, I came across someone that has confidently and successfully raised successful people. She has been called “The Godmother of Silicon Valley,” she is a teacher, grandmother, and she came up with a simple principle that can help anyone empower and raise successful people. Esther Wojcicki is the mother of Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, Janet Wojcicki, a University professor, and Anne Wojcicki, the CEO of 23andMe. She recently wrote a book, rightfully titled “How to raise successful people.” In the book, she shared five core values that are essential for raising successful people. How exactly did she do it? Are there any lessons that we can learn from her principles? I read her new book, and I had the opportunity of interviewing Esther. The following are the five core values that you need to raise successful people: 1. TRUST 2. RESPECT 3. INDEPENDENCE 4. COLLABORATION 5. KINDNESS --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-winners-ways-podcast/support

Esther “Woj” Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed thousands of lives, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. Woj made her way to Town Hall to illuminate us on what these three accomplishments have in common—they’re the result of TRICK, Woj’s secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Wojcicki offered advice from her book How to Raise Successful People with methods that promote relaxation, respect, and independence. In the face of rising parental anxiety, Woj encouraged the opposite of helicopter parenting. Talk to infants as if they are adults. Allow teenagers to pick projects that relate to the real world and their own passions, and let them figure out how to complete them. Above all, let your child lead. Join Wojcicki for a chance to learn essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Esther Wojcicki is a professor, author, and a mentor whose work has fostered creativity and critical thinking in her daughters and students alike. Her journalism program at Palo Alto High School is regarded as the best in the United States and has more than 600 students. Many former students from her program have gone on to have an outsized impact on the world including Gady Epstein of the Economist, Noah Sneider of the New York Times, actor James Franco, and Tod Scacerdoti of Yahoo, and more. Recorded live at The Forum at Town Hall Seattle on June 7, 2019.

The Godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a Super Family shares her tried-and-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness: TRICK. Esther Wojcicki—“Woj” to her many friends and admirers—is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They’re the result of TRICK, Woj’s secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Wojcicki’s methods are the opposite of helicopter parenting. As we face an epidemic of parental anxiety, Woj is here to say: relax. Talk to infants as if they are adults. Allow teenagers to pick projects that relate to the real world and their own passions, and let them figure out how to complete them. Above all, let your child lead. How to Raise Successful People offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world. Note: Her husband is Stanford University professor of physics Stanley Wojcicki. They have three daughters: Susan (CEO of YouTube), Janet, a Fulbright-winning anthropologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and researcher, and Anne (co-founder of 23andMe).

Our guest this week is Esther Wojcicki, author of the book How to Raise Successful People. In addition to being the founder of the world famous Media Arts Program at Palo Alto High School, she has raised three daughters. One is a college professor, one is the CEO of YouTube and one is the CEO of 23 and Me. She’s been called the God Mother of Silicon Valley.We talk to her about her proven TRICK method for raising strong, independent minded children. How Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration and Kindness help to foster the kind of growth in our children that turns them into high functioning adults. Follow up with Esther at her website.Plus, John tells the most LA story ever about his time at a Seth MacFarlane show last night.Own the journals that Gib uses: The EVO Planner and a blank Moleskin.Submit your pet to be the pet of the week go to: teshvideos.comCome see us live: teshmusic.comAnd you can sign up for our newsletters at tesh.com to get Intelligence For Your Life right to your inbox.As always, if you like our podcast, Rate, Comment and Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. And tell your friends! If you don’t like our podcast, then keep it quiet, I guess.Our Hosts:John Tesh: Twitter: @JohnTesh Instagram: @johntesh_ifyl facebook.com/JohnTeshGib Gerard: Twitter: @GibGerard Instagram: @GibGerard facebook.com/GibGerard

Esther Wojcicki knows what it takes to raise successful children. Her daughter, Susan, is the CEO of YouTube. Janet is professor of Pediatrics at the UC San Francisco Medical School (& a Fulbright scholar). And Anne is co-founder & CEO of DNA testing company 23andMe. But in parenting her children into super-stardom, Esther wasn't the classic "Tiger Mom" you might imagine. Instead of motivating her daughter's performance through pressure & fear, she intentionally chose to inspire their high achievement by emphasizing five key values: "Trust,” “Respect,” “Independence,” “Collaboration” and “Kindness. At first glance, these values might seem soft ("Could Esther just have been lucky in raising three exceptionally successful people?"). But over a 36-year high school teaching career (California’s Teacher-Of-The-Year), Esther proved a reliance on these very same virtues consistently made her students high-achieving as well. The big question for this podcast: Could an emphasis on these five values have an equally profound effect on workplace leadership as well? You might easily guess the answer, but at 78 years old, Esther Wojcicki is still teaching.  And she has quite a lesson plan in store for you whether you're a parent wanting to raise your own successful kids -- or a manager seeking a more enlightened way of leading people.

Esther Wojcicki knows what it takes to raise successful children. Her daughter, Susan, is the CEO of YouTube. Janet is professor of Pediatrics at the UC San Francisco Medical School (& a Fulbright scholar). And Anne is co-founder & CEO of DNA testing company 23andMe. But in parenting her children into super-stardom, Esther wasn't the classic "Tiger Mom" you might imagine. Instead of motivating her daughter's performance through pressure & fear, she intentionally chose to inspire their high achievement by emphasizing five key values: "Trust,” “Respect,” “Independence,” “Collaboration” and “Kindness. At first glance, these values might seem soft ("Could Esther just have been lucky in raising three exceptionally successful people?"). But over a 36-year high school teaching career (California’s Teacher-Of-The-Year), Esther proved a reliance on these very same virtues consistently made her students high-achieving as well. The big question for this podcast: Could an emphasis on these five values have an equally profound effect on workplace leadership as well? You might easily guess the answer, but at 78 years old, Esther Wojcicki is still teaching.  And she has quite a lesson plan in store for you whether you're a parent wanting to raise your own successful kids -- or a manager seeking a more enlightened way of leading people.

Esther Wojcicki knows what it takes to raise successful children. Her daughter, Susan, is the CEO of YouTube. Janet is professor of Pediatrics at the UC San Francisco Medical School (and A Fulbright scholar). And Anne is co-founder & CEO of DNA testing company 23andMe. If any of us were to guess how Esther influenced […] The post Esther Wojcicki: How To Raise Successful People appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.

Esther Wojcicki knows what it takes to raise successful children. Her daughter, Susan, is the CEO of YouTube. Janet is professor of Pediatrics at the UC San Francisco Medical School (and A Fulbright scholar). And Anne is co-founder & CEO of DNA testing company 23andMe. If any of us were to guess how Esther influenced […] The post Esther Wojcicki: How To Raise Successful People appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.

Leading educator, journalist, and mother Esther Wojcicki talks about how to raise happy kids, what the consequences are of over-parenting, and what kind of relationship she has with her famous daughters now. Her new book is How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results. Follow her on Twitter @EstherWojcicki

Jordana and Shannon chat with Esther Wojcicki, whose daughters include Susan (the CEO of YouTube), Anne (the CEO of 23andMe), and Janet (a Fulbright-winning professor of pediatrics and epidemiology). Esther talks about growing up in an Orthodox household and how it made her strive to raise successful girls. “Gram” lets Shannon know how to figure out when to let kids stay home from school, and Jordana tells about becoming an inadvertent accomplice to (goldfish) murder. Got a story to share? Email us at callyourmother@kveller.com. We’re waiting to hear from you. Or leave us a voicemail at 908-248-4273. Come chat with us in the Kveller Moms Facebook Group Mentioned in this episode: “How to Raise Successful People” by Esther Wojcicki Music: "Voicemail" by Khronos Beats "Lo-Fi Afternoon" by Marscott "Gentle Talk" by Marscott "Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan ft. Habit Blcx

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In this day and age, we are faced with an epidemic of parental anxiety as more and more parents struggle on building a strong foundation for their children to be successful in life. Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results, is here to encourage parents and tell them to relax. Her book offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Known to her friends as “Woj,” she is an educator, and author, and a journalist. Woj shares the significance of empowering children starting from home and why we need trust and show them they can do and figure things out on their own no matter what age they are. Moreover, she shares her secret to raising successful people – TRICK – which stands for trust, respect, independence, collaboration, and kindness. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here's How » Join The Successful Pitch community today: JohnLivesay.com John Livesay Facebook John Livesay Twitter John Livesay LinkedIn John Livesay YouTube

Esther Wojcicki, a leading American educator and mother who raised three superstar daughters, offers advice for raising successful people. Her daughters? Susan, the CEO of YouTube, Janet, a professor of pediatrics at the University of California-San Francisco and Anne, co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. In Mailbag, where you can get the biggest returns on your savings and negotiating credit card interest rates.

Andrea Levy's novel Small Island was published in 2004, dramatised for television in 2009 and now Helen Edmundson's theatrical adaptation has begun a run at the National Theatre. It tells the stories of Hortense, who grows up in Jamaica and moves to England as part of the “Windrush” generation, and Queenie, who escapes life on a Lincolnshire farm to find herself in inner-city London as social and ethnic dynamics shift after the War. Jenni talks the actors playing Hortense and Queenie, Leah Harvey and Aisling Loftus.How do you raise successful people? Esther Wojcicki claims to have done just that. She is the mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, 23andMe Co-Founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki, and Fulbright Scholar and Professor of Pediatrics Janet Wojcicki. Esther has written a book including 'simple lessons for radical results' and she shares her strategies with Jenni, explaining her TRICK theory and why she thinks it works equally well whether you are raising children or managing a company.Why has Leeds become the first city in the UK to report a drop in childhood obesity, what's the significance of this for the rest of the UK and what else is being done throughout Europe and the world to tackle the problem? Jenni is joined by Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful People, Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford and Franco Sassi, Professor of International Health Policy and Economics at Imperial College, London. In her latest novel, A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes tells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective. She joins Jenni to explain why she decided to give a voice to these overlooked women, girls and goddesses and what can be gained by listening to their stories.Presenter: Jenni Murray

Esther Wojcicki “The Godmother of Silicon Valley” is considered to be the Most Influential Educator in Contemporary Times with her TRICK pedagogy, Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Over the last 36 years, she has taught and started Scholastic Journalism programs for students around the world. Her Palo Alto Media Arts Center is the largest in the nation. In addition to this, she has raised three of the most successful women in the USA, consults with the Department of Education, is Vice Chair of Creative Commons, and Chief Learning Officer of exploration based learning company Planet 3. Her new book is one of the best I’ve ever read, find it here ► https://raisesuccessfulpeople.com Her previous book Moonshots in Education ► http://www.moonshotsedu.com Woj World News ► https://paper.li/EstherWojcicki/1410321889#/ Esther on Nuzzel ► https://nuzzel.com/estherwojcicki Esther on Twitter ► https://twitter.com/EstherWojcicki ******* Simulation is rebirthing the public intellectual by hosting the greatest multidisciplinary minds of our time. Build the future. Architect the frameworks and resource flows to maximize human potential. http://simulationseries.com ******* SUBSCRIBE TO SIMULATION ► YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/SimYoTu ITUNES: http://bit.ly/SimulationiTunes INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/SimulationIG TWITTER: http://bit.ly/SimulationTwitter ******* FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/SimulationFB SOUNDCLOUD: http://bit.ly/SimulationSC LINKEDIN: http://bit.ly/SimulationLinkedIn PATREON: http://bit.ly/SimulationPatreon CRYPTO: http://bit.ly/SimCrypto ******* NUANCE-DRIVEN DISCOURSE ► http://bit.ly/SimulationTG WATCH ALLEN'S TEDx TALK ► http://bit.ly/AllenTEDx FOLLOW ALLEN ► INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/AllenIG TWITTER: http://bit.ly/AllenT ******* LIST OF THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTIONS ► http://simulationseries.com/the-list GET IN TOUCH ► simulationseries@gmail.com