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

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

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

But what does it take to raise successful people? 

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

What was Steve Jobs like in person?

Is it good to be a tiger mum sometimes?

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

All that and more in this episode.

Highlights:

• 3:54: Growing up as a Russian Jewish immigrant
• 7:02 Why Esther thought education was necessary for her survival
• 10:41 Being disowned for pursuing a university degree
• 13:59 Becoming a mother
• 16:51 Figuring out how to be a parent
• 19:41: The lemon girls
• 20:59: Swimming at 12 months old!
• 23:05: Table manners
• 27:38: Teaching at Palo Alto High School
• 33:09: Steve Jobs & 7 free Macintosh 
• 36:54: “How to Raise Successful People” 
• 38:34: Defining “success”
• 40:09: What the T.R.I.C.K. methodology
• 48:58: How tiger mums can help kids become more independent
• 49:45: Are there instances when you need to be a tiger mum?
• 50:43: Founding the Tract with Ari Memar
• 56:41: The 20% rule

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