Yara Shahidi

Since then, she's graduated from Harvard, become a successful producer.

Since then, she's graduated from Harvard, become a successful producer.

The incredible Yara Shahidi. It truly starts as a vision board. Some random day, I was 18 and wrote down every deal that I wanted to have. And I don't typically think that way of being like, oh, I'm going to get this deal with this. But I just written down a list. Two years later, I was like, oh, we did it all. The priority in this world is building relationships with people around you.

The incredible Yara Shahidi. It truly starts as a vision board. Some random day, I was 18 and wrote down every deal that I wanted to have. And I don't typically think that way of being like, oh, I'm going to get this deal with this. But I just written down a list. Two years later, I was like, oh, we did it all. The priority in this world is building relationships with people around you.

It's not building networks. It's not building contacts. It's building relationships.

It's not building networks. It's not building contacts. It's building relationships.

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I don't know if I've talked about this,

I don't know if I've talked about this,

Thank you for having me.

Thank you for having me.

Yeah. Yeah, I think the podcast truly came from conversations we're having. So, I mean, the thing is, what's nice is if you know me, you know that me and mommy are very similar people, which is why our friendship but also our business relationship works. And so many times people know. I'll say Carrie Shahidi because she... So many times people... would assume that I'm just an upbeat person.

Yeah. Yeah, I think the podcast truly came from conversations we're having. So, I mean, the thing is, what's nice is if you know me, you know that me and mommy are very similar people, which is why our friendship but also our business relationship works. And so many times people know. I'll say Carrie Shahidi because she... So many times people... would assume that I'm just an upbeat person.

I think for the most part, day to day, smiley individual. But I think so many of the conversations we were having, particularly while I was in school, was just hitting that kind of mental block of one, having a deep anxiety about what growing up looks like and feeling like what's happening when the anxiety and overwhelm are overshadowing the excitement of what's next.

I think for the most part, day to day, smiley individual. But I think so many of the conversations we were having, particularly while I was in school, was just hitting that kind of mental block of one, having a deep anxiety about what growing up looks like and feeling like what's happening when the anxiety and overwhelm are overshadowing the excitement of what's next.

And also simultaneously in school, reading all of these theorists and people, I was in this year-long course for my major in which you have to read everyone from like Hobbes to Marx and every social theorist in between.

And also simultaneously in school, reading all of these theorists and people, I was in this year-long course for my major in which you have to read everyone from like Hobbes to Marx and every social theorist in between.

Some dark stuff. But more than the dark content in their books, it was like you all live dark lives. The amount of people that wrote a book and then became recluses or ended up separating from family, I think it meant top of mind success. for me was, oh, if this is something that I want to continue to study, what does that mean for me to prioritize quality of life?

Some dark stuff. But more than the dark content in their books, it was like you all live dark lives. The amount of people that wrote a book and then became recluses or ended up separating from family, I think it meant top of mind success. for me was, oh, if this is something that I want to continue to study, what does that mean for me to prioritize quality of life?