How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results
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'Esther Wojcicki is leading a revolution 。 。 。 [She] shows us how to be our best so our children can be their best。' Arianna Huffington
Being a parent is complicated – but the trick to succeed is simpler than you think。
Known as the Godmother of Silicon Valley， Esther Wojcicki’s three daughters are all hugely successful in both their professional and personal lives。 What’s her parenting secret？
As we face an epidemic of parental and childhood anxiety， Woj has the advice every parent wants to hear: climb out of that helicopter and relax。
Her tried and tested TRICK approach will help you:
· Let your child discover their own passions
· Move on from past parenting mistakes
· Build rock-solid foundations for a lifelong relationship
· Be brave enough to give your child freedom
· Work with your children， not against them
· Set healthy relationships with technology
Your children are the future。 If you change your parenting， you can change the world。
'A brilliant book。 It should be on the bookshelf of every parent。' FROST MAGAZINE
'Esther Wojcicki is leading a revolution 。 。 。 [She] shows us how to be our best so our children can be their best。' Arianna Huffington
Being a parent is complicated – but the trick to succeed is simpler than you think。
Known as the Godmother of Silicon Valley， Esther Wojcicki’s three daughters are all hugely successful in both their professional and personal lives。 What’s her parenting secret？
As we face an epidemic of parental and childhood anxiety， Woj has the advice every parent wants to hear: climb out of that helicopter and relax。
Her tried and tested TRICK approach will help you:
· Let your child discover their own passions
· Move on from past parenting mistakes
· Build rock-solid foundations for a lifelong relationship
· Be brave enough to give your child freedom
· Work with your children， not against them
· Set healthy relationships with technology
Your children are the future。 If you change your parenting， you can change the world。
'A brilliant book。 It should be on the bookshelf of every parent。' FROST MAGAZINE
Reviews
Lucy
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Comes across as braggy at times （is she the most connected mom or what） and this might only resonate with privileged parents， BUT it’s amazing validation and encouragement of everything I want to change about the way I raise my kids vs how I was raised。 Ten years ago I believed tiger mom was the way to be， now I’m sure it’s not。
Yose Dominguez
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Great book to read。 I have a 3 yo daughter and this was an eye opening book。 I will start implementing a lot of the concepts in the book。 My daughter is really smart， she knows what she wants， and I all I have to do is help her find her way as a guide， not as to what we want for her as parents。 I actually got the Spanish version for my wife。Great read！
Justinas Rastenis
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As with most of the books on the subject， there were parts that I liked and benefited from and there were segways where I disagreed。 However， this book is based on the overriding foundational principle of TRICK （more described in the book） which I found very convincing and making sense。 Definitely recommending for soon to be parents。
Phil M
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Really liked this book; great advice from a secular perspective。 I appreciated the common sense advice given surrounding helping your children grow in virtue， emphasized on the authors favourites， TRICK （trust， respect， independance， collaboration， kindness）。 Even though I grew a little tired of the author touting her list of personal achievements （while still impressive）， I would not hesitate to recommend this book to other parents or people working with children。
Moritz
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A book that I love to go back to in raising my children。 Loved it！
Lisa Ray
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终于度过了迄今为止，一生中最艰难的一个月，也读完了这期间的第二本书“how to raise successful people”。 其实我已经粗略看过kindle版的，这次算起来是读第二遍。这本书堪称教育孩子的经典，作者是一个伟大的妈妈加高中老师Esther Wojcicki。 此人可是培养了三个很有影响力的千金，分别是YouTube的CEO Janet Wojcicki， UCSF的著名儿医 Susan Wojcicki， 23 and me的founder Anne Wojcicki。 她还培养了大量的很有影响力的学生就不一一列举。核心的关键词就是TRICK （trust， respect， independence， collaboration， kindnesses）。 她围绕这些关键词，分享了大量的个人养育经历和教育学生的经历。很值得反复看的经典书。
Marko Low
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Great book with great stories of hope through empowerment and autonomy。 Take the concepts and try them for yourself。 As a dad， this has helped me re-envision the process of fathering。 Great work！
Bruna A
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optimistic and powerful We all have the chance to impact the children around us and in our community。 Start by believing in them and empowering them。 Kids are naturally optimistic and ambitious。
Colin Ingersol
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Great book on setting mental guidelines as a parent， personal and for the kiddos， particularly those struggling with anxiety and knowing how to assess your child's independence。 （Upon next revision the editor may want to delete all references and name drops to Elon Musk。 That guy is a terrible human being and may actually be the thread that unravels any advice this book has to offer）But look past the bias and this book is fantastic Great book on setting mental guidelines as a parent， personal and for the kiddos， particularly those struggling with anxiety and knowing how to assess your child's independence。 （Upon next revision the editor may want to delete all references and name drops to Elon Musk。 That guy is a terrible human being and may actually be the thread that unravels any advice this book has to offer）But look past the bias and this book is fantastic 。。。more
Ethel Kümmel
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Highly recommended book for all the parents。 Also it can be read by the teachers to understand little bit of better method how to teach next generation。
Cate
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Excellent parenting book， and educator book as well。
Erinn Camp
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This book was excellent！ I wish I had discovered it years ago but even with my kids at 17，15，and 11 I learned some new ways to parent them。 I am a lifelong learner…
Grace Blake
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Good concept and core ideas， but this book oozes privilege 。
Lizzy Gunsalus
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this book is everything！ the principles of this book are so simple yet so powerful when used properly。 i truly believe that TRICK can be implemented with parenting， work， yourself， and everyone you meet in life。 how to raise successful people is a story that everyone should take the time to read。 the stories are impelling and relatable。 this book will change my life forever and i’m sure of it。
Sungyena
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Though she assumes a lot and is very “midwestern-y” （nothing wrong w that， just describing the vibes）， Wojcicki argues that things like helicopter/tiger parenting etc are getting in the way of basic parenting principles of letting your kids be who they are and nurturing their strengths。 She uses the acronym of TRICK （trust， respect， independence， collaboration， kindness） as a guide in a “what would wojcicki do” situation， and urges wayward millennial parents like myself to give a damn！ Build com Though she assumes a lot and is very “midwestern-y” （nothing wrong w that， just describing the vibes）， Wojcicki argues that things like helicopter/tiger parenting etc are getting in the way of basic parenting principles of letting your kids be who they are and nurturing their strengths。 She uses the acronym of TRICK （trust， respect， independence， collaboration， kindness） as a guide in a “what would wojcicki do” situation， and urges wayward millennial parents like myself to give a damn！ Build communities！ Teach empathy！ Trust your kids！ Stop doing everything for them so they can grow up to be Successful Adults！ 。。。more
Valerie W
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I don’t often write reviews， but I’m sitting here with the book in my lap， halfway through reading it， and I can’t stomach finishing it。 Yes， there are some good points made， but mostly it’s just the author bragging。 Her daughters are perfect， her grandchildren are perfect， the articles her students write are perfect， etc。 None of which would have been perfect if not for her。 It’s too much。
Justus
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This is a curious parenting book。 I'm not sure why anyone particularly cares what Esther Wojcicki has to say about parenting。 From what I can tell her claim to fame is that she has three successful daughters。 I guess the idea is that she'll be able to tell us what child-raising techniques she used to turn her daughters into successes？This is a hard book to like。 She has her framework: TRICK （Trust， Respect， Independence， Curiosity， and Kindness）。 But of course her daughters are all in theirs 30s This is a curious parenting book。 I'm not sure why anyone particularly cares what Esther Wojcicki has to say about parenting。 From what I can tell her claim to fame is that she has three successful daughters。 I guess the idea is that she'll be able to tell us what child-raising techniques she used to turn her daughters into successes？This is a hard book to like。 She has her framework: TRICK （Trust， Respect， Independence， Curiosity， and Kindness）。 But of course her daughters are all in theirs 30s and there's no real evidence that she used this framework to raise her daughters。 It's not even that I especially disagree with the framework。 Just， again， curious that publishers are trying to sell a book based on how she allegedly parented 30 years ago。Other reviews unearth a laundry list of problems and I agree with most of them。 It starts with an extraordinarily long and pointless biography of her entire life。 She often sounds like she's name dropping and bragging。 She seems unaware of her privilege and how that， instead of her TRICK framework， might have had something to do with her daughters' successes。 She raised them in a town where the average income is $150，000 a year; she surrounded them with lots of famous people; she hired a private tutor when they struggled with math; etc。Even if this doesn't bother you， or you try to look past it to find the actual advice 。。。 it all feels a bit underwhelming。 Again， the actual ideas in the TRICK framework seem fine to me but。。。it all felt a bit "been there， done that"。 The first chapter on Trust is basically a rehash of Lenore Skenazi's Free-Range Kids。 Other chapters often have that same echo of "I feel like I've heard this all somewhere else before"。The end result is that finding the actual new， unique insights in this book is just way too much work。 If I didn't find the writing style so grating I probably would have given this 2-stars but I couldn't look past it。 。。。more
Jolanta
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Iš esmės teisinga knyga， kurią vertėtų perskaityti šiuolaikiniams tėvams ir pedagogams。 Ypač - tėvams sraigtasparniams ir tėvams - tigrams。 Kodėl iš manęs tik 3 žvaigždutės？ Nes man šita informacija nebuvo naujiena ir tikėjausi daugiau， nei gavau。 Bet jei turite vaikų ir jei nežinote， kas yra TRICKS sistema， imkite ir skaitykite
Zhanar
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отличная книга！
Jennifer Ryan Pigg
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Listen I love the TRICK method and the idea that we need to keep our kids responsible and independent， but this was more memoir than guide and there are quite a few instances where she suggests independence in ways that can be dangerous to adolescents in this day/age/climate。 She does clarify a few times but doesn’t in others。 I found myself enjoying less and less after the first half。 I liked it overall and I did enjoy some of the memoir parts， just not what I purchased this book for necessaril Listen I love the TRICK method and the idea that we need to keep our kids responsible and independent， but this was more memoir than guide and there are quite a few instances where she suggests independence in ways that can be dangerous to adolescents in this day/age/climate。 She does clarify a few times but doesn’t in others。 I found myself enjoying less and less after the first half。 I liked it overall and I did enjoy some of the memoir parts， just not what I purchased this book for necessarily。 。。。more
Kate Viner
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Esther Wojcicki knows about raising successful people。 Her eldest daughter is CEO of YouTube， her middle daughter is a PHD anthropologist and professor and her youngest co-founded 23andMe。 Esther， or Woj as she’s known， credits her kids’ successes as well as her students’ successes in her 30 plus years of teaching with her TRICK model: Trust， Respect， Independence， Collaboration， and Kindness。 I loved her advice and wisdom， encouraging us parents to let our children be free， try things and fail， Esther Wojcicki knows about raising successful people。 Her eldest daughter is CEO of YouTube， her middle daughter is a PHD anthropologist and professor and her youngest co-founded 23andMe。 Esther， or Woj as she’s known， credits her kids’ successes as well as her students’ successes in her 30 plus years of teaching with her TRICK model: Trust， Respect， Independence， Collaboration， and Kindness。 I loved her advice and wisdom， encouraging us parents to let our children be free， try things and fail， treat our kids like capable people so they learn for themselves how to be a capable person - the opposite of a helicopter or snowplow parent。 This book is full of anecdotes about Woj’s own children and grandchildren， at times a little show-offy， I guess， but they are an impressive lot！ My only real problem with this book is that at one point she says The Giving Tree is a great book about selflessness and I totally disagree。 To me， The Giving Tree is about a selfish spoiled brat。 Literally a throwaway comment but it stuck with me！ Haha Oh and the divorce section felt a little preachy。 Otherwise， highly recommend this to all parents， regardless of the age of your children！ There’s an abundance of wisdom for us all。 。。。more
Nika Aliyeva
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Must read for all parents， regardless of kids age。 I think even teachers would enjoy this book。
Carley Johnson
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Some good advice， however her incredible privilege isn’t ever addressed。 A bit tone deaf…
Slava Bernat
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A lot of common sense advice， even some practical tips here and there。 May be useful to recalibrate your parent compass and reassure that you are doing great anyways。 Not particularly insightful though。
Nathan
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TRICK method is indeed inspiring。
Rashmi Kutlehria
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A wonderful book on raising the next generation with values！
Mahmoud Tantawy
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A very good parenting （and more） book with lots of engaging stories。While I enjoyed the stories， I'd appreciate summarizing every chapter or segment into key highlights， it differs from one person to another but I find it hard to come out with solid "learnings" only based on stories A very good parenting （and more） book with lots of engaging stories。While I enjoyed the stories， I'd appreciate summarizing every chapter or segment into key highlights， it differs from one person to another but I find it hard to come out with solid "learnings" only based on stories 。。。more
Yasmin M
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This book was meh。 It felt like a combination of 1） watered down concepts from books like Mindset and Grit 2） overdone euphemisms like "don't go to bed angry" and "gratitude is important" and 3） self-congratulatory anecdotes about the author。 I got very little from this， and it was a slog to get through。 This book was meh。 It felt like a combination of 1） watered down concepts from books like Mindset and Grit 2） overdone euphemisms like "don't go to bed angry" and "gratitude is important" and 3） self-congratulatory anecdotes about the author。 I got very little from this， and it was a slog to get through。 。。。more
♥ Mrs。 Dubya ♥
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In a time when the message to our children is skewed by athletes， celebrities and influencers， this book is truly a welcome relief。 Author Esther Wojcicki is a real “in-the-trenches” educator， and champion of not only her own successful brood， but of all children。 Her secret is TRICK - Trust， Respect， Independence， Collaboration， and Kindness - and how to develop these qualities in our children。 Her advice is sound， grounded in reality， and can be implemented at home and in school， regardless of In a time when the message to our children is skewed by athletes， celebrities and influencers， this book is truly a welcome relief。 Author Esther Wojcicki is a real “in-the-trenches” educator， and champion of not only her own successful brood， but of all children。 Her secret is TRICK - Trust， Respect， Independence， Collaboration， and Kindness - and how to develop these qualities in our children。 Her advice is sound， grounded in reality， and can be implemented at home and in school， regardless of any family or educator’s financial situation。 A must-read for those interested in developing educated， thoughtful， and well-rounded children who will be truly prepared for the challenges of adolescence and adulthood。 。。。more
Jenny
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