Anna Kai

um it's either him or henry david thoreau it's one of those nobody was listening to this note yeah i remember they're not teaching it anymore but it's such a great line because i think Everybody is like, oh, you know, you're such a hypocrite if you want this and you want this. But I think people are so multifaceted.

So I think women, you can want the family and the, you know, traditional nuclear life, but also want a career. Like, you know, I feel like for until very recently, women were pigeonholed into being one or the other. And you can kind of want it all. I don't think you can have it all all at the same time, but I think you can have it all eventually.

So I think women, you can want the family and the, you know, traditional nuclear life, but also want a career. Like, you know, I feel like for until very recently, women were pigeonholed into being one or the other. And you can kind of want it all. I don't think you can have it all all at the same time, but I think you can have it all eventually.

So I think women, you can want the family and the, you know, traditional nuclear life, but also want a career. Like, you know, I feel like for until very recently, women were pigeonholed into being one or the other. And you can kind of want it all. I don't think you can have it all all at the same time, but I think you can have it all eventually.

They were very hands-off in the sense that my parents, I'm super close with them. I'm an only child, so they're my best friends, other than my husband, of course. And they were always very much, the way my dad describes it is, we raised you like the way we would let a weed grow, whichever way it wants to go, because we didn't believe in...

They were very hands-off in the sense that my parents, I'm super close with them. I'm an only child, so they're my best friends, other than my husband, of course. And they were always very much, the way my dad describes it is, we raised you like the way we would let a weed grow, whichever way it wants to go, because we didn't believe in...

They were very hands-off in the sense that my parents, I'm super close with them. I'm an only child, so they're my best friends, other than my husband, of course. And they were always very much, the way my dad describes it is, we raised you like the way we would let a weed grow, whichever way it wants to go, because we didn't believe in...

pushing you to be one way or another or get married when we wanted you or marry the person we wanted you to because at the end of the day we don't know we don't know what's good for you we don't know what you're good at and um that was a very atypical way of rearing an asian american daughter for their generation most of their peers

pushing you to be one way or another or get married when we wanted you or marry the person we wanted you to because at the end of the day we don't know we don't know what's good for you we don't know what you're good at and um that was a very atypical way of rearing an asian american daughter for their generation most of their peers

pushing you to be one way or another or get married when we wanted you or marry the person we wanted you to because at the end of the day we don't know we don't know what's good for you we don't know what you're good at and um that was a very atypical way of rearing an asian american daughter for their generation most of their peers

got their kids into SAT tutoring when they were, you know, in kindergarten. And they went, all their children went to much better schools than I did. You know, not that NYU is not a good school.

got their kids into SAT tutoring when they were, you know, in kindergarten. And they went, all their children went to much better schools than I did. You know, not that NYU is not a good school.

got their kids into SAT tutoring when they were, you know, in kindergarten. And they went, all their children went to much better schools than I did. You know, not that NYU is not a good school.

Yeah, but at the time, it's like, you know, they were all going to Ivy's, and they had their pick of the Ivy's. Right. They were just very much like, look, you were never inclined to do math or science. That wasn't what you were good at. If we had pushed you to do that, I wouldn't be here today.

Yeah, but at the time, it's like, you know, they were all going to Ivy's, and they had their pick of the Ivy's. Right. They were just very much like, look, you were never inclined to do math or science. That wasn't what you were good at. If we had pushed you to do that, I wouldn't be here today.

Yeah, but at the time, it's like, you know, they were all going to Ivy's, and they had their pick of the Ivy's. Right. They were just very much like, look, you were never inclined to do math or science. That wasn't what you were good at. If we had pushed you to do that, I wouldn't be here today.

My success was very much built on the backs of my parents who said, we came here and did what we did not want to do so we could survive to give you the opportunity to pursue what you wanted to do. My dad was always like- It's terrific.

My success was very much built on the backs of my parents who said, we came here and did what we did not want to do so we could survive to give you the opportunity to pursue what you wanted to do. My dad was always like- It's terrific.

My success was very much built on the backs of my parents who said, we came here and did what we did not want to do so we could survive to give you the opportunity to pursue what you wanted to do. My dad was always like- It's terrific.

yeah i mean it was amazing it's like and i hope to raise our children like that it's like he was like why would i know better for you right then you know for yourself i always knew you had a good head on your shoulders he was like if you were in the city doing drugs you know wasting your time that would be one thing yeah he's like i knew you were always trying to do something it was unconventional and you were trying to do something big so you failed for a while but he was like most entrepreneurs fail many times before they succeed