Google CEO Sundar Pichai's ideas of success
Sundar Pichai earns Rs302 crore annually.
(Daily Dunya) - Indian province Tamil Nadu is widely known for its skilled, hardworking and artistic natives. Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of tech giant Google, was born in Madurai-Tamil Nadu to Lakshmi and Ragunatha Pichai on 12 July 1972. The incredible and sudden rise of Pichai contains lesson for many. He earns Rs302 crore annually.
Pichai was not born with silver spoon in his mouth. His father was an electric engineer and mother a stenographer. The family used to live in two-room apartment on 46th Street, 7th Avenue, in Ashok Nagar, Chennai. Pichai put immense efforts and faced intense struggle in his journey towards success. Recently, Pichai appeared on a TV show and shared his success experiences, sufferings due to poverty and below-average looks. Here are some thought-provoking, inspirational and edifying quotes from his interview.
FAILURE A MEDAL
Pichai believes in drilling positive outcomes from failures as he terms them a medal. Pichai says that if you don t fail sometimes, you are not being ambitious enough. If we meet 70% of our objectives, we consider that a success," added Pichai. "To me, what s more important is, are we continuing to innovate?
POSITIVE ATTITUDE
Pichai says that if someone seems happy, it does not mean that all of his matters are running smoothly, rather he is content owing to his positive attitude towards life.
FEAR IS POWER
The Google CEO believes that constant presence of fear motivates one to strive for a better future.
INSTEAD OF PURSUING DREAMS, LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
Pichai stresses on following the path of heart. He says that instead of pursuing dreams, one should follow the path of heart no matter what his/her education is. He says that this will help in achieving things far bigger than dreams.
