What happens when a child decides by the first grade that they simply aren’t the "smart" one?

When Elle brought home a family portrait labeling her sister as smart and herself as dumb, her teachers and parents feared she had already been put in a box. But an unconventional school model and a tactical "confidence anchor" completely flipped her trajectory.

Now a graduating senior, Alpha Valedictorian Elle joins MacKenzie to share her incredible journey from struggling student to history-making researcher. She breaks down the exact psychological shifts that unlocked her potential, the reality of building a massive teen dating app with AI, and what happened when she hounded a top scientist to run a study that is now up for publication in the world's leading scientific journal.

Podden och tillhörande omslagsbild på den här sidan tillhör MacKenzie Price. Innehållet i podden är skapat av MacKenzie Price och inte av, eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen.