From Child Star to Harvard - Balancing Fame, Education & Self-Care | Yara Shahidi EP 819

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

"By the time Grown-ish started, I went from working 10 hours to 17 hours a day... I had to learn how to take care of myself and what that looked like." - Yara Shahidi Starting as a child actress before landing a breakthrough role on Black-ish, Yara Shahidi's journey exemplifies the delicate balance of pursuing excellence while maintaining well-being. Her transition from working limited hours as a minor to grueling 17-hour days on Grown-ish's first season posed unprecedented challenges. With the guidance of her family and production team, she learned to prioritize her humanity over industry demands, leading to crucial conversations about work-life balance and self-care on set. Beyond acting, Yara's commitment to living a full life led her to explore political engagement and voting advocacy while juggling her demanding schedule. Her experience navigating Harvard's academic rigor alongside a leading role in a top TV show demonstrates her resilience and adaptability. Through strategic scheduling and unwavering family support, she maintained her identity beyond the entertainment industry, proving that success doesn't require sacrificing personal growth or well-being.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:09.0	How did you manage the stress and challenges as kind of a rising child star from acting on TV and then going to one of the hardest universities in the world of like the pressure
0:21.4	of both.
0:21.9	Like one of those at 1819 is a lot of pressure.
0:26.0	Yeah.
0:26.4	Between Harvard and the top TV show and traveling cross country every week.
0:31.3	How did you manage your emotions, mindset, and mood throughout all of that?
0:36.3	Honestly.
0:37.2	Yeah.
0:38.1	And COVID.
0:39.0	And COVID hit.
0:39.8	That was crazy.
0:45.7	I think starting a career early, the beginning I didn't have to think about it much because I think the way my parents had set it up was like, oh, this is a hobby.
0:48.7	This is something that you tap in and out of.
0:50.4	But, you know, I was full-time enrolled in school.
0:52.4	I had so many hobbies outside of acting. And, you know, I was full-time enrolled in school. I had so many hobbies outside of acting.
0:55.2	And, you know, people would laugh. Casting directors would laugh because they knew if they wanted me or my
0:59.4	brother to audition during the school week. Like, they'd just kind of have to reconfigure some things.
1:03.9	Because if I had a test or my brother had an important basketball game, life came first. But
1:08.1	by the time Blackish came, that was the first time where I really had to
1:10.9	re-anchor my life around being on TV in a way that I never had to before. And I think that was
1:16.0	the first set of stresses and challenges. It was a great set to be on, but, you know, I'm number
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