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Ivanka Trump

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And I think being a parent to three children who are all exceptional and all incredibly different has enabled that in me. I think for me, though, they've also been like some of my greatest teachers in that We were talking about the presence you felt when you were in the jungle and the connectivity you felt and sort of the simple joy.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And I think for us as we grow older, we kind of disconnect from that. Like my kids have taught me how to play again. And that's beautiful. I remember just a couple of weeks ago, we had one of these crazy Miami torrential downpours. And Arabella comes down. It's around 8 o'clock at night. It's really raining. And she's got rain boots and pajama pants on.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And I think for us as we grow older, we kind of disconnect from that. Like my kids have taught me how to play again. And that's beautiful. I remember just a couple of weeks ago, we had one of these crazy Miami torrential downpours. And Arabella comes down. It's around 8 o'clock at night. It's really raining. And she's got rain boots and pajama pants on.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And I think for us as we grow older, we kind of disconnect from that. Like my kids have taught me how to play again. And that's beautiful. I remember just a couple of weeks ago, we had one of these crazy Miami torrential downpours. And Arabella comes down. It's around 8 o'clock at night. It's really raining. And she's got rain boots and pajama pants on.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And she's going to take the dogs for a walk in the rain. Which, you know, she had all day to walk. But she wasn't doing it because they needed to go for a walk. She was like, this would be fun. And I'm standing at the doorstep watching her. And she goes out with Simba and Winter, this massive dog and this little tiny dog. And I'm watching her walk to the end of the driveway. And she's just dancing.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And she's going to take the dogs for a walk in the rain. Which, you know, she had all day to walk. But she wasn't doing it because they needed to go for a walk. She was like, this would be fun. And I'm standing at the doorstep watching her. And she goes out with Simba and Winter, this massive dog and this little tiny dog. And I'm watching her walk to the end of the driveway. And she's just dancing.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And she's going to take the dogs for a walk in the rain. Which, you know, she had all day to walk. But she wasn't doing it because they needed to go for a walk. She was like, this would be fun. And I'm standing at the doorstep watching her. And she goes out with Simba and Winter, this massive dog and this little tiny dog. And I'm watching her walk to the end of the driveway. And she's just dancing.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And it's pouring rain. And I took off my shoes and I went out and I joined her and we danced in the rain. And even as like a preteen who normally, you know, she like allowed me to experience the joy with her. And it was amazing. We can be so much more fun if we allow ourselves to be more playful. We can be so much more present. I look at Theo loves games.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And it's pouring rain. And I took off my shoes and I went out and I joined her and we danced in the rain. And even as like a preteen who normally, you know, she like allowed me to experience the joy with her. And it was amazing. We can be so much more fun if we allow ourselves to be more playful. We can be so much more present. I look at Theo loves games.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And it's pouring rain. And I took off my shoes and I went out and I joined her and we danced in the rain. And even as like a preteen who normally, you know, she like allowed me to experience the joy with her. And it was amazing. We can be so much more fun if we allow ourselves to be more playful. We can be so much more present. I look at Theo loves games.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

So we play a whole lot of board games, any kind of game. So it started with board games. We do a lot of puzzles. Then it became card games. I just taught him how to play poker. He loves backgammon, like any kind of game. And he's so fully in them. You know, when he plays, he plays. My son Joseph, he loves nature.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

So we play a whole lot of board games, any kind of game. So it started with board games. We do a lot of puzzles. Then it became card games. I just taught him how to play poker. He loves backgammon, like any kind of game. And he's so fully in them. You know, when he plays, he plays. My son Joseph, he loves nature.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

So we play a whole lot of board games, any kind of game. So it started with board games. We do a lot of puzzles. Then it became card games. I just taught him how to play poker. He loves backgammon, like any kind of game. And he's so fully in them. You know, when he plays, he plays. My son Joseph, he loves nature.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And he'll say to me sometimes when I'm taking a picture of something he's observing, like a beautiful sunset, he's like, Mom, just experience it. Yeah. I'm like, yes, you're right, Joseph, just experience it. You know, so those kids have taught me so much about sort of reconnecting with what's real and what's true and being present in the moment and experiencing joy.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And he'll say to me sometimes when I'm taking a picture of something he's observing, like a beautiful sunset, he's like, Mom, just experience it. Yeah. I'm like, yes, you're right, Joseph, just experience it. You know, so those kids have taught me so much about sort of reconnecting with what's real and what's true and being present in the moment and experiencing joy.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And he'll say to me sometimes when I'm taking a picture of something he's observing, like a beautiful sunset, he's like, Mom, just experience it. Yeah. I'm like, yes, you're right, Joseph, just experience it. You know, so those kids have taught me so much about sort of reconnecting with what's real and what's true and being present in the moment and experiencing joy.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And when they all need different things, but yet coexist and are sometimes competitive with one another. So you'll be at a dinner table, the amount of times I get, well, that's not fair. Why did you let, and I'm like, life isn't fair. And by the way, like, I'm not here to be fair. I'm like, I'm trying to give you each what you need.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And when they all need different things, but yet coexist and are sometimes competitive with one another. So you'll be at a dinner table, the amount of times I get, well, that's not fair. Why did you let, and I'm like, life isn't fair. And by the way, like, I'm not here to be fair. I'm like, I'm trying to give you each what you need.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

And when they all need different things, but yet coexist and are sometimes competitive with one another. So you'll be at a dinner table, the amount of times I get, well, that's not fair. Why did you let, and I'm like, life isn't fair. And by the way, like, I'm not here to be fair. I'm like, I'm trying to give you each what you need.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

Especially when I've been working really hard and, you know, in the White House, I'd say, okay, well, now we have a Sunday and we have these hours and I'll have like a grand plan, you know, and we're going to make it count. And it's going to involve, you know, hot chocolate and sleds, you know, whatever, whatever it is that like my great adventure, that we're going to go play mini golf.