What My Parents Want Me To Be When I Grow Up

I heard many stories about being pushed into a lifestyle from a friend. It is not their choice. In some cases, parents want their descendants to inherit the traditions of family members such as lawyers and musicians. Other friends want to go beyond their tradition by becoming a doctor or CEO. For these young people and people who really sympathize with their numbers, I will laugh your little problem. I do not know what kind of pressure it is until I suffer from the great expectations that my parents playing golf bring to their children.

When I grew up with my sister, I talked about a very different money because of my parents background. It is often said that we can not afford to buy something. My parents gave me everything I could do (except skateboarding). When my older sister goes up, their average goes up, so I can give her more than I can at the same age. This story led me to some very self-destructive consumption patterns in the early twenties. I eat too much. I am trying to make up for everything my parents can not give to me when I was young. I did not buy Air Jordan when I was young. I basketball after I bought a basket, and I did not play it in the summer. My life is about accumulation, I do not even prioritize quality over quantity. To change this story requires some effort and a lot of effort.

I grew up with Asian parents and they emphasize academic performance and economic stability, but I am taught to work for success rather than happiness. I spent most of my adolescence in my fight against my mother and asked for a piano and violin lesson, a long time Chinese school, even a short job of a swimming team. A sophisticated and successful daughter. But why my affectionate mother feeds me, wears clothes for me, and trains me in my research, I am emotionally hungry. There is no room for our family to feel.

I grew up in France, my parents are dentists, they want me to be a dentist. Engineer - After concretely falling in love with mathematics and science, more specifically - but I would like to be a "business woman". My father, an uncompromising fighter of his daughter, supported me following my heart - eventually I worked in the United States, became a product manager, and in the early days when there were only 14 cities Uber We joined. Most people are interested in learning about this part of my career. It has grown to over 400 cities in 68 countries, so I helped form one of the most influential companies in the world. But the idea that led me there is a long story dating back to 15 years I went to Silicon Valley. In retrospect, the most important element of my success is happiness.