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Ivanka Trump: My Dad Told Me Two Weeks Before He Ran For President!

The Diary Of A CEOApril 9, 20261h 36m
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Lessons from Mother and Being Underestimated0:01Father's Presidential Run and Entering Government0:31Assassination Attempt on Father1:30Infrequent Interviews and Focus on Work2:30Childhood Guard and Trust3:31Realizing Different Life and Childhood Anecdotes6:02Grandmother's Influence and Current Health9:32Parents' Busyness and Mother's Role Model Status11:30Parents' Presence Despite Busyness14:02Similarities and Differences with Mother15:32Parents' Divorce at Age 918:01Impact of Challenges on Personal Growth21:00Handling Scrutiny and Finding Signal in Noise24:01The Apprentice Era and Family Sentiment25:00Staying True to Self Amid Scrutiny26:32Prioritizing Soul-Elevating Choices27:33Becoming Your Own Person in a Prominent Family31:00Early Career in Real Estate33:00Hiring Criteria38:00Launching Fashion and Jewelry Business41:00Life Thrust into Unchosen Contexts46:00Father's Early Presidential Ambitions51:01Father's 2015 Presidential Announcement52:41White House Achievements54:01Reflections on White House Service54:31Unprepared Aspects of White House58:02Security Changes in Politics58:30Assassination Attempt Reaction1:01:00Response to Assassination Attempt1:04:31Emotional Impact1:06:31Stepping Away from Politics1:07:31Crow and Eagle Metaphor for Handling Criticism1:09:00Becoming Stoic Amid Derivative Noise1:13:00Therapy and Growth Mindset1:14:30Tough Exterior and Soft Interior1:17:00Mother's Death and Grief Processing1:20:25Balancing Business, Investments, Family, and Projects1:25:01Centering Oneself Amid Noise1:26:30Planet Harvest Mission1:28:31Advice for Oldest Child Arabella on Entrepreneurship and Investing1:32:00
In a Nutshell

Ivanka Trump shares her journey of overcoming underestimation, drawing from her mother's lessons on intention and her grandmother's nurturing love, while navigating a privileged yet scrutinized childhood marked by her parents' high-profile divorce and Michael Jackson attending her Nutcracker performance. She recounts her father's abrupt 2015 presidential run—announced just two weeks after telling her—leading to her White House role where she doubled the child tax credit, passed anti-trafficking laws, and launched initiatives like farmers-to-families food boxes, before prioritizing family and stepping away from politics' "dark world." Key takeaways include finding signal in noise via stoicism (e.g., Marcus Aurelius), embracing trust despite betrayal risks for deeper connections, being overprepared in male-dominated fields like real estate, and her new venture Planet Harvest to cut food waste and support farmers.

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She was extraordinary. My mother taught me a lot about bringing intention to what you do. Being the child of accomplished parents, most people thought that I would lack the ambition, the preparedness, but my mother taught me that being underestimated is not a bad thing. It's a very powerful thing actually and it almost always worked to the detriment of the person who underestimated me.

From real estate to her own multi-million dollar fashion line, Ivanka Trump continues to carve her own path into the business world, succeeding at every turn.

And then you learn 2 weeks before he announces your father decides he wants to be president of the United States. Did you have any sense that this was at all on the horizon?

Not really. And then when he pulled the trigger, it was full steam. Most people wouldn't give up an $800 million annual business to go into government. Why did you?

He asked us for help. He's like, "But I have to warn you. They're going to come at you hard. They're probably going to hate you." But one of the things I've learned in moments of tremendous pressure and scrutiny where any slip up is completely weaponized against you is to find the signal in the noise. I just don't get distracted by the outside noise. That's probably the thing that has been most helpful to me in terms of performance and success because you have a choice only in how you respond.

You've said politics is a pretty dark world.

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