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Ambition 2.0

Domee Shi on Defying—and Exceeding—Parental Expectations

Ambition 2.0

Girlboss

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Domee Shi is the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind beloved Bao and Turning Red, which became the number one movie on Disney+. Today she chats with host Avery Francis about growing up with immigrant parents, her path to success (and what it means to her) and offers her best advice for those struggling with the weight of parental expectations.  Domee Shi also recounts her hilarious Oscars after-party experience and how she’s making waves at Pixar to push for storytelling that normalizes puberty and menstruation. Tune in for a conversation filled with warmth, insight and truly useful advice for creatives. Follow Domee Shi on Instagram at @domeeshi and watch Bao here: https://bit.ly/3EJf0Nb and Turning Red here: https://bit.ly/3TKDtWJ Sign up for Girlboss Daily, our must-read morning newsletter, at girlboss.com/newsletter. You'll get A+ career advice, dream job postings, free coffee every Friday and a few emojis (because we’re fun like that), delivered right to your inbox. Discover the hottest jobs in marketing, finance, social media and more on our Girlboss Job Board at jobs.girlboss.com Girlboss Goods, our women-owned and operated marketplace, makes it easier for you to vote with your dollar while also championing small businesses. Head to girlboss.com/goods. Happy shopping! Did you enjoy this episode of Girlboss Radio? Comment and let us know what you think on our Instagram, TikTok or LinkedIn. And don’t forget to share your love for the Girlboss Radio podcast by leaving a rating or review on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to Girlboss Radio. I'm Avery, your new host. A little about me, I'm the founder

0:11.4

and CEO of Bloom, a workplace sign it's alt and c on a mission to build better workplaces

0:15.5

for everyone. I believe that work should work for all of us, and I'm here to bring you

0:20.5

the real and raw conversations with some of the world's most impressive and interesting

0:24.9

women and get to the bottom of what success really means to them. Today I'm speaking with

0:29.6

Domey Shee, an Oscar-winning filmmaker and fellow Toronto native. We're talking about

0:33.9

living up to parental expectations, puberty, random celebrity run-ins at the Oscars, and

0:39.2

more. Let's get into it. Domey, thank you so much for joining me and the community

0:55.7

at Girlboss today. We are so excited to learn a little bit more about the career behind

1:01.5

the woman who's done so much in her professional journey. I have a lot of my own personal questions

1:07.9

because I've been obsessed with the work that you've been doing over the years, but most

1:11.9

specifically, at Girlboss we're all about redefining success on our own terms. And what I wanted

1:19.7

to learn from your perspective is what is success mean to you? Yeah, I guess it's so different

1:26.2

for everybody, but success for me is just being able to do what I love and getting paid

1:32.2

good money for it. Yes, get that money 100%. And I'm curious, has your definition of success

1:42.7

changed over the years? When I was younger, I equated success more to do its status, maybe

1:50.3

also what other people thought of success was, especially like my parents, but I think as we

1:57.5

get older, it just becomes a more personal definition. And yeah, I mentioned money, but really,

2:04.2

it's just if I can just continue drawing and telling stories for the rest of my life, I would be

2:11.5

very happy. And I feel like that would be a successful life. Absolutely, totally. And I think

2:17.8

being fairly compensated for the work you do is in line with that, right? So I know your parents

2:23.4

were supportive of you pursuing the arts for your career. And I know that this is true mainly

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