An interesting series on “The Best Advices I Ever Got” by the following key figures of the world today:
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
Larry Page, Google’s Co-Founder and President
Peter G. Peterson, Co-founder and Senior Chairman, Blackstone Group
Gen. David Petraeus, Commanding general, multinational force – Iraq
Tina Fey, Actress; creator and star of 30 Rock
Mark Hurd, Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard
Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, Pepsico
Sam Palmisano, Chairman and CEO, IBM
Eddie Lampert, Chairman and CEO, ESL Investments; Chairman, Sears Holdings
Thomas S. Murphy, Former CEO, Capital Cities/ABC
Bob Iger, President and CEO, Walt Disney
Nelson Peltz, CEO, Trian Fund Management
Zhang Xin, Co-founder and CEO, SOHO China
Charlene Begley, President and CEO, GE Enterprise Solutions
Craig Newmark, Founder, Craigslist
Joanna Shields, President, Bebo.com
Elon Musk, Founder and CEO, SPACEX
U. Mark Schneider, CEO, Fresenius
Tony Robbins, Performance coach
Eileen Collins, Space Shuttle commander, Columbia (1999) and Discovery (2005)
Stewart Copeland, Drummer, The Police
Leonard Lauder, Chairman, The Estée Lauder Companies
Nell Minow, Editor and co-founder of The Corporate Library
Alan Mulally, President and CEO, Ford Motor Company
Many gems in there which we all could always learn a thing or two from.
I’ve also realized that most of the advices that stuck with these people are “inherited” from their fathers. Maybe fathers are more outspoken and like to give their piece of minds.
Either that or Mum just prefer to keep everything to themselves ;-)
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