Randi Zuckerberg - Pick Three: You Can Have It All

I know I just spent an entire book telling you to Pick Three, but its impossible for me to pick only three people to thank.

WORK: A huge thank you to the Dey Street team, the best team in publishing! A special thanks to Lisa Sharkey, my partner-in-crime, social media mastermind, and creative muse on three books now, and to Alieza Schvimer, my editor extraordinaire, for nudging me along in that special way editors nudge writers when she really wanted me to pick writing this book in my daily Pick Three. Thanks also go to: Lynn Grady, Anna Montague, Ben Steinberg, Kendra Newton, Heidi Richter, Serena Wang, Renata De Oliveira, and Mumtaz Mustafa.

SLEEP: Thank you to Andrew Blauner, my literary agentI sleep better at night knowing that I have the most caring, intelligent agent in publishing on my side.

FAMILY: A world of gratitude to my husband Brent Tworetzky, who has now put up with me as a writing hermit for way more books than he ever bargained for. To my sons Asher and Simi who inspire me every single day. To my in-laws, Marla and Eron Tworetzky, for staying up all hours of the night to help me copyedit this manuscript. And to my own mother, Karen Zuckerberg, for being so brave and authentic in allowing me to interview her for this book.

FITNESS: It was a bit of a sprint to interview more than forty people for this book in a time span of only a few weeks, but I am so grateful to all the incredible people who opened their hearts and their calendars to me, and were so willing to share their stories with honesty, authenticity, and openness. I laughed, I cried, I learned a ton. Thank you!

FRIENDS: Im so very lucky to have colleagues who I also consider some of my dearest friends. I am grateful beyond words to Jim Augustine, Steve Anderson, Emma Pendry-Aber, Jesus Gonzalez, Aranza Martinez, and the entire team at JonesWorks PR, for being by my side through this entire process.

NATASHA: And because you deserve your own category, Natasha Lewin, thank you for being the best collaborator, researcher, and colleague a girl could dream of. From being writing buddies in a hotel lounge in Korea to our multihour FaceTime chats to edit interviews, there wouldnt be a book without you! Thank you!

DOT COMPLICATED

DOT.

RANDI ZUCKERBERG is an entrepreneur, author, tech media personality, and champion for women and girls in STEM. Randi is the creator and executive producer of Dot., an animated television show about a tech-savvy girl named Dot, based on her childrens picture book of the same name. Randi is also the founder of Sues Tech Kitchen, an innovative tech-themed family dining experience, where you can enjoy 3D printed chocolate, robots making pancakes, and much more. Randi hosts a weekly business radio show, Dot Complicated, on SiriusXM and is invited to speak about technology, entrepreneurship, and women in business all over the world. In her (barely) free time, she can be found at the theater. By far, her most rewarding and challenging job is Mom. Randi has a degree in psychology from Harvard University and lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.

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Contents

PICK THREE . Copyright 2018 by Zuckerberg Media Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION

Cover design by Mumtaz Mustafa
Cover artwork by Ben Denzer

Digital Edition MAY 2018 ISBN: 978-0-06-284284-8

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-284282-4 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-0-06-284919-9 (international edition)

Version 04072018

BRENT. ASHER. SIMI.

MY PICK THREE

TILL THE END OF TIME.

When we experience drastic change and disruption in our lives; having a close relationship with family can help us through that.

DOREEN ARCUS, RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY EXPERT AT UMASS LOWELL

Family is wonderful, difficult, necessary, and extremely complicated. Some of us are born into a family, others create or choose our family. Whatever family means to you, the dynamics are still thereblissful, aggravating, dependable, stressful, warts and all.

Being part of the Zuckerberg family is all of the above. No matter which Pick Three I choose, Family always chooses me. Thats what happens when the surname you were born to becomes a defining part of your identity. (The name Zuckerberg is German for sugar mountain, which I guess explains my endless sweet tooth and love of dessert.) There are almost seven thousand people with the last name Zuckerberg in the world, and who wouldve thought that our little family (okay, not so little; I have three siblings, and now among us we have five children) would have become the most famous of them all?

On one hand, I am so seriously lucky on so many levels. I grew up with two incredibly loving parents who are still married, love their children, and support our dreams. My parents drove for hours to attend every a cappella concert I was ever in, no matter how far away. Doing so set the precedent that, no matter what, we show up for one another. This unconditional bond has been fostered now in my own family, as my husband and I recently flew across the country for only four hours to attend my sisters thirtieth birthday party. Its followed me to different countries, like the time I left Australia for the day to attend my brothers commencement speech at Harvard University, only to turn around and fly back Down Under hours later. Mark even once left a meeting with President Obama early so he could catch my Broadway debut. My parents instilled in us a value that #FamilyShowsUp, and its something I hope every single day I can instill in my own sons.

To top it all off, I feel lucky every day to have met such an incredible man, husband, and father, who continually inspires me by how much he puts our own family first in his life and goes out of his way to include both our parents in everything. He truly carries in him the same values my own family instilled in me.

And it goes without saying that I am simply lucky, blessed, honored (you name it) beyond words to have had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of being on the front lines of Facebook, being witness to my brothers meteoric rise, seeing the name Zuckerberg become synonymous with innovation and industry. To hold a name as recognized and respected as Rockefeller or Winfrey is simply amazing. Every day I still pinch myself.