
• 作为新晋亿万富翁,谷歌(Google)CEO桑达尔·皮查伊表示,勇于面对不适是个人和职业成长的关键——正是秉持这一信条,他才能从一名默默无闻的产品经理,一路晋升为这家市值2.3万亿美元科技巨头的掌门人。他告诉Z世代年轻人,虽然沿着逻辑清晰的路径向上攀登看似正确,但倾听内心的声音才能帮你找到真正的使命。
成功之路从来不易——即使对世界顶尖领袖而言也是如此。事实上,谷歌CEO桑达尔·皮查伊也曾有过强烈的自我否定感,觉得会议室里其他人比他更优秀。但他向Z世代保证,这种不适感本就是成长必经的过程。
皮查伊最近在莱克斯·弗里德曼的播客节目中说:“在我人生的不同阶段,我曾与那些我认为比我更优秀的人共事。你需要多次体验这种感觉,努力让自己置身于这样的环境中:与你共事的人仿佛在拓展你的能力极限,这正是助你成长的动力。”
他补充道:“让自己置身于令人不适的境地,我觉得这样往往会让自己感到意外惊喜。”
对皮查伊而言,正是这一信条帮助他在2004年从一名普通产品经理开始,最终在这家科技巨头一路晋升。在短短十年间,他便引起了联合创始人拉里·佩奇和谢尔盖·布林的注意,并于2015年被任命为CEO。尽管他承认成功总有运气成分,但他鼓励Z世代去做自己热爱的事情,即使最初看起来不合常理。
“你在思考想做什么时,大脑会告诉你一些提示。但当你付诸行动时,我认为倾听内心的声音、看看自己是否真正乐在其中,这很重要。”
职场成功的核心在于人
皮查伊补充道,找到合适的合作伙伴不仅对个人成长至关重要,对于确保工作顺利完成也同样关键,而后者正是将谷歌打造成万亿美元巨头的核心要素。
“你找到那些志同道合、以使命为导向的人,他们拥有追求卓越、力争做到最好的内在动力,并能激励他人,这样你们就能携手取得非凡成就。”
谢尔盖·布林认为,谷歌追求卓越的精神,可能也意味着愿意在朝九晚五之外工作。据《纽约时报》看到的一份内部备忘录显示,谷歌联合创始人谢尔盖·布林鼓励公司专注于人工智能的员工“至少每个工作日”都到办公室上班——每周工作60小时被视为“最佳生产率状态”。尽管皮查伊过去曾公开表示,他预计未来工作的核心在于灵活性,但人工智能领域的竞争已迫使科技巨头们承受着必须领先的压力。
然而,皮查伊告诉弗里德曼,在高风险的环境下,作为管理者他更倾向于保持冷静。他相信最优秀的员工通常最先意识到自己的失误,而反应过度只会适得其反。
皮查伊表示:“有时,与你共事的人专注于达成目标,如果他们出错,他们的感受比你更强烈,因此你需要区别对待。有时,确实会有些人需要你明确告诉他们,比如‘那样做是不对的’,或类似的话,但我经常发现情况并非如此。”
《财富》杂志已联系皮查伊寻求置评。
跻身亿万富翁行列
尽管皮查伊执掌这家全球最大上市公司之一已近十年,但他直到现在才加入亿万富翁行列——这与布林和佩奇形成鲜明对比。根据彭博亿万富翁指数,布林和佩奇位列全球十大富豪,其净资产分别约为1,630亿美元和1,740亿美元,而皮查伊的净资产约为11亿美元。
虽然复制谷歌的成功没有完美路径,但佩奇在2009年曾告诉大学毕业生,他们应该思考如何解决问题,最终让自己变得更轻松从容:
他对密歇根大学(University of Michigan)的学生表示:“技术,尤其是互联网,确实能帮你‘偷懒’。找到世界上的有利条件,这样你就有更多机会‘偷懒’。”
与大萧条时期毕业的人们相似,如今的年轻人也面临着一系列严峻挑战,部分原因是人工智能正在重塑就业市场的格局。然而,佩奇并不主张放弃。
佩奇表示:“总的来说,我知道外面的世界似乎正在分崩离析,但这其实正是你人生中可以稍微释放自我、追随好奇心、并雄心勃勃地大展身手的好时机。不要放弃梦想。世界需要你们每一个人。” (*)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
• 作为新晋亿万富翁,谷歌(Google)CEO桑达尔·皮查伊表示,勇于面对不适是个人和职业成长的关键——正是秉持这一信条,他才能从一名默默无闻的产品经理,一路晋升为这家市值2.3万亿美元科技巨头的掌门人。他告诉Z世代年轻人,虽然沿着逻辑清晰的路径向上攀登看似正确,但倾听内心的声音才能帮你找到真正的使命。
成功之路从来不易——即使对世界顶尖领袖而言也是如此。事实上,谷歌CEO桑达尔·皮查伊也曾有过强烈的自我否定感,觉得会议室里其他人比他更优秀。但他向Z世代保证,这种不适感本就是成长必经的过程。
皮查伊最近在莱克斯·弗里德曼的播客节目中说:“在我人生的不同阶段,我曾与那些我认为比我更优秀的人共事。你需要多次体验这种感觉,努力让自己置身于这样的环境中:与你共事的人仿佛在拓展你的能力极限,这正是助你成长的动力。”
他补充道:“让自己置身于令人不适的境地,我觉得这样往往会让自己感到意外惊喜。”
对皮查伊而言,正是这一信条帮助他在2004年从一名普通产品经理开始,最终在这家科技巨头一路晋升。在短短十年间,他便引起了联合创始人拉里·佩奇和谢尔盖·布林的注意,并于2015年被任命为CEO。尽管他承认成功总有运气成分,但他鼓励Z世代去做自己热爱的事情,即使最初看起来不合常理。
“你在思考想做什么时,大脑会告诉你一些提示。但当你付诸行动时,我认为倾听内心的声音、看看自己是否真正乐在其中,这很重要。”
职场成功的核心在于人
皮查伊补充道,找到合适的合作伙伴不仅对个人成长至关重要,对于确保工作顺利完成也同样关键,而后者正是将谷歌打造成万亿美元巨头的核心要素。
“你找到那些志同道合、以使命为导向的人,他们拥有追求卓越、力争做到最好的内在动力,并能激励他人,这样你们就能携手取得非凡成就。”
谢尔盖·布林认为,谷歌追求卓越的精神,可能也意味着愿意在朝九晚五之外工作。据《纽约时报》看到的一份内部备忘录显示,谷歌联合创始人谢尔盖·布林鼓励公司专注于人工智能的员工“至少每个工作日”都到办公室上班——每周工作60小时被视为“最佳生产率状态”。尽管皮查伊过去曾公开表示,他预计未来工作的核心在于灵活性,但人工智能领域的竞争已迫使科技巨头们承受着必须领先的压力。
然而,皮查伊告诉弗里德曼,在高风险的环境下,作为管理者他更倾向于保持冷静。他相信最优秀的员工通常最先意识到自己的失误,而反应过度只会适得其反。
皮查伊表示:“有时,与你共事的人专注于达成目标,如果他们出错,他们的感受比你更强烈,因此你需要区别对待。有时,确实会有些人需要你明确告诉他们,比如‘那样做是不对的’,或类似的话,但我经常发现情况并非如此。”
《财富》杂志已联系皮查伊寻求置评。
跻身亿万富翁行列
尽管皮查伊执掌这家全球最大上市公司之一已近十年,但他直到现在才加入亿万富翁行列——这与布林和佩奇形成鲜明对比。根据彭博亿万富翁指数,布林和佩奇位列全球十大富豪,其净资产分别约为1,630亿美元和1,740亿美元,而皮查伊的净资产约为11亿美元。
虽然复制谷歌的成功没有完美路径,但佩奇在2009年曾告诉大学毕业生,他们应该思考如何解决问题,最终让自己变得更轻松从容:
他对密歇根大学(University of Michigan)的学生表示:“技术,尤其是互联网,确实能帮你‘偷懒’。找到世界上的有利条件,这样你就有更多机会‘偷懒’。”
与大萧条时期毕业的人们相似,如今的年轻人也面临着一系列严峻挑战,部分原因是人工智能正在重塑就业市场的格局。然而,佩奇并不主张放弃。
佩奇表示:“总的来说,我知道外面的世界似乎正在分崩离析,但这其实正是你人生中可以稍微释放自我、追随好奇心、并雄心勃勃地大展身手的好时机。不要放弃梦想。世界需要你们每一个人。” (*)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
• As a newly minted billionaire, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says that embracing discomfort is key to personal and professional growth—a mantra that helped him advance from a little-known product manager to CEO of the $2.3 trillion tech giant. While climbing the logical paths up that ladder may seem right, he tells Gen Z that listening to your heart will help you find your true calling.
The path to success is never easy—even for the world’s top leaders. In fact, for Google CEO Sundar Pichai there were times he felt that stinging feeling that other people in the room were better than him. But he assures Gen Z that feelings of discomfort are all part of the process.
“At various points in my life, I’ve worked with people who I felt were better than me,” Pichai recently told Lex Fridman’s podcast. “You want that feeling a few times, trying to get yourself in a position where you’re working with people who you feel are kind of like stretching your abilities, is what helps you grow.
“Putting yourself in uncomfortable situations, and I think often you’ll surprise yourself,” he added.
For Pichai, this mantra has helped him climb the ranks at the tech giant after starting out as just a product manager in 2004. Within a decade, he had caught the eye of cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin before being named CEO in 2015. And while he admits there is always an element of luck to success, he encourages Gen Z to do what they love—even if it seems irrational at first.
“You’re thinking about what you want to do, your brain is telling you something. But when you do things, I think it’s important to listen to your heart, and see whether you actually enjoy doing it.”
Success in the workplace centers around the people
Finding the right people to work with is not only important for personal growth, Pichai added, but also for making sure work gets done, something that’s been crucial in turning Google into a multitrillion-dollar giant.
“You find mission-oriented people who are in the shared journey, who have this inner drive to excellence, to do the best, and motivate people, and you can achieve a lot that way.”
The drive for excellence at Google may also mean the willingness to work far beyond the nine-to-five, according to Sergey Brin. In an internal memo seen by the New York Times, the cofounder encouraged the company’s AI-focused workers to be in the office “at least every weekday”—with 60-hour workweeks being the “sweet spot of productivity.” And while Pichai has publicly said in the past that he anticipated the future of work to be focused around flexibility, the AI arms race has put pressure on tech giants to be ahead of the game.
Still, amid the high-stakes environment, Pichai told Fridman he prefers staying calm as a manager, believing that the best employees are usually the first to know when they’ve messed up—and overreacting can just make matters worse.
“At times, you’re working with people who are so committed to achieving, if they’ve done something wrong, they feel it more than you do, so you treat them differently,” Pichai said. “Occasionally, there are people who you need to clearly let them know, like, ‘That wasn’t okay,’ or whatever it is, but I’ve often found that not to be the case.”
Fortune reached out to Pichai for comment.
Striving toward the billionaires club
Though Pichai has been the leader of one of the biggest public companies in the world for just shy of a decade, he’s only just now joining the billionaires club—a far cry from Brin and Page, who are among the top 10 wealthiest people in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The net worth of Brin and Page is about $163 billion and $174 billion, respectively, compared with Pichai’s $1.1 billion.
While there is no perfect path to emulating the success of Google, Page told college graduates in 2009 that they should think about solving problems that can ultimately allow them to be lazier:
“Technology, and especially the internet, can really help you be lazy,” he said to University of Michigan students. “Find the leverage in the world, so you can be more lazy.”
Much like those who graduated into the Great Recession, today’s young people are facing their own set of daunting challenges, thanks in part to AI reshaping the job market. However, Page isn’t a believer in giving up.
“Overall, I know it seems like the world is crumbling out there, but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy, follow your curiosity, and be ambitious about it,” Page said. “Don’t give up on your dreams. The world needs you all.”