Mika Brzezinski
Mika Brzezinski
Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski is an American television host, author and journalist. Brzezinski co-hosts MSNBC's weekday morning broadcast Morning Joe with former Republican representative Joe Scarborough. Mika Brzezinski is the daughter of Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to Jimmy Carter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth2 May 1967
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
If we can't quantify and communicate our value with confidence, the achievements of the tremendous women before us will have all been for nothing.
My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.
I was fired at the pinnacle of my career, on my 39th birthday. And in the year that followed, I learned that there are many psychological phases of being 'let go.'
My parents found me very difficult to educate.
I personally know Donald Trump, and I know a lot of amazing really kind acts that he's done one-on-one with people. And the candidate that I see is not the person I know.
I am a marathon worker and marathon mother. I'll spend three or four days completely swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows.
I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold, and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.
I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.
For me, having it all doesn't mean having the corner office at work and a penthouse at home if there aren't kids running around as I'm trying to cook my husband something special.
I don't want to impose rules on people, but you have only a short window, and you're sorely mistaken if you think you can put off having a family. It's very hard to find a good man, and it's never a 'good time' to have a baby if you have a career.
I was terrible at interviews, lost in my own loss of identity and struggling at home as a wife and mother. It was a household that preferred me working, which threw me off completely.
I am up at 3:30, reading the op-ed pages and getting ready to be on the air by 6 A.M. on the set of 'Morning Joe,' and after three hours of TV and two hours on the radio, it is only 12 noon.
I always start my day with a red-eye misto - two shots, extra hot, extra foam - from Starbucks.
The odds are definitely better on getting the right job than getting a good partner for life. Someone who will grow with you. Someone to develop memories with. Someone who was there in the beginning. Someone who will be there at the end.