Suleika Jaouad
👤 Speaker
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Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Suleika Jaouad
a first-generation American, the notion of the American dream was so deeply ingrained in me.
Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Suleika Jaouad
Honor the sacrifices that your parents made for you.
Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Suleika Jaouad
Work as hard as you can to have as big of a life as you can.
Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Suleika Jaouad
And I do think in a way it's a return, especially when I think of Tunisia,
Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Suleika Jaouad
I think of my dad and his family and the emphasis on hospitality, on generosity, the importance of slowness, which is something that I don't think culturally in America we reward at all.
Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Suleika Jaouad
If anything, we penalize.
Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Suleika Jaouad
And it is so hard, I think, for us in the United States to reclaim rest.
Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Suleika Jaouad
slowness over speed, to choose meaning over momentum.
Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Suleika Jaouad
I feel like I'm 37 going on 87 sometimes.
Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Suleika Jaouad
But it's a question I've been asking of myself this year.