She was extraordinary.

My mother taught me a lot about just like bringing intention to what you do, bringing.

And 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 two 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. But most people wouldn't give up an $800 million and your 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 and 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.

This is quite a difficult question to ask,

but when you heard the news,

that there was an assassination attempt on your father's life,

do you remember where you were?

And like, what's that like as a daughter?

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Ivanka, you don't do many interviews, do you? Not really, no. Why don't you do much media stuff or podcasting or interviews?

I actually don't know.

I think I'm, I get sort of really locked in and heads down on what I'm working on,

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