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Parenting Lessons from CIA Agents | Parenting | Ep. 118: Christina Hillsberg


Christina HIllsberg

Today we discuss trust, parenting, espionage and persuasion.

Welcome back to the 118th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with former CIA Intelligence Analyst, now author and mom, Christina HIllsberg. You can reach out to Christina on her website (https://www.christinahillsberg.com/) where you can also find her new book, License to Parent.

Here are some highlights from today’s show:

  • We talk about Christina’s path to the CIA
  • We talk about how CIA training and parenting coincide
  • We talk about the structure of writing
  • You need to give your children more autonomy
  • The path to building trust is through common ground
  • Everyone needs to learn how to persuade
  • Safety is achieved by getting off the X (more on that in the episode)

We also got some great action items from today’s guest:

  1. Learn the structure of writing
  2. Give kids (and yourself) more self-sufficiency
  3. Go out of your way to build connections

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