Min Jin Lee

And I say it every single time.

And it always takes people aback because right now, especially in the 21st century, we are having people at us all the time.

People are constantly grabbing you saying, I want this, I want that.

You want this, you want that.

And in the urgency, it's really hard to take a moment and to pull back and remember what

What really, really is important to you?

Because if you really remember what's important to you, all that urgent stuff, you just realize is a noise.

And that's something that especially for the next generation, I want to give them a sense of because they're growing up with, I mean, in this attention economy, they're being pulled at nonstop.

And unlike my generation, like our generation, where we've had the ability to grow up without endless distraction, which doesn't not only bode well for us, they don't intend good things.

Like we know that this technology that we have right now that's pervasive is

is designed to be addictive by the smartest people in the world.

So when I send out a five-year-old, 10-year-old, an 18-year-old out there against the technology that's coming at them, we know that they're defenseless.

Whereas I feel like I've had a lot of training to know what doesn't count.

So I think this advice in particular, I really want them to take a beat and say, does this really matter?

Is this really important?

Does this person wish me well?

Am I going to get something that's good for myself or the world from this thing that is feeling very urgent?

And I'm hoping that that might be a salve for what ails you.

And the last question I have for you is about quiches.

You've said that 30 years ago, when you wanted to learn how to make a quiche, you read lots and lots of recipes and made dozens and dozens of quiches until you really got it and you understood what you called the essence of a quiche.