Just heard Carly Florina's lecture on my MP3 phone. It was a lecture in the series The DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Program held weekly lecture where entrepreneurial leaders share the lessons of experience with the Stanford community. I have following this lecture series for over a year now, heard many speakers - enjoyed most of them. But Carly's lecture was by far the most inspiring I have heard so far.
To me what was interesting was her experiences as leader and her thoughts about leadership and change and making the right choices. She started he career as a secretary because she was "unemployable" with a Medival History and Philosophy degree, parents objection after she dropped out from law school and having to make decisions and weigh options each time she came to a wall. How she ended with one of the biggest technology company was also interesting.
There were many things said on but what struck me was the how she made her choices "life is not one choice and done......... we need to do the pros and cons (and) search your heart........". That pretty much sums up a lot of my own situations and thought processes.
I don't want to tell everything here but I recommend you listen to this lecture and be in touch with the rest of the other lectures thay might interest you.
Credit: picture source from Wikipedia by António Milena/ABr., 2004
Links:
1. Carly's lecture here: http://edcorner.stanford.edu/downloadMaterial.html?mid=1679&fileId=6471
2. STVP Website here: http://stvp.stanford.edu/
2 comments:
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