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" Every time I can find another engineer to add to the Chrome OS platform, I'm going to hire him. "
Patrick Pichette
Him
I Can
Going
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" There is something magical about sharing meals. "
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" People think, 'Well, because you're at Google, you can work from anywhere.' Yes, you can work from anywhere, but many just commute to offices... Working from the office is really important. "
Patrick Pichette
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Yes
" Humans are animals of habit - they convince themselves they can't change. And that premise is wrong. "
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Animals
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" In the end, life is wonderful but nonetheless a series of trade offs, especially between business/professional endeavours and family/community. "
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" Relative to Google or the kind of turnaround we're seeing, we do care about profitability. That is our goal in every one of the areas where we invest. "
Patrick Pichette
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Care
Goal
" The vast majority of young people I meet would benefit so much from a year off. You should just go waste a year in exploring the beauty of the world and trying the craziest experiences you can. "
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Trying
People
" People should understand that Google changes every day. "
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People
Every Day
Day
" I just didn't want a boss. The minute you're a CEO, you have a pile of bosses, and you're working 7/24, and you're on everyone's radar all the time. "
Patrick Pichette
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Everyone
Time
" People die at 100 years old now. When I was a kid, people died at 67. "
Patrick Pichette
Die
People
Old
" When work starts feeling too comfortable, fire yourself; go get another job. "
Patrick Pichette
Feeling
Job
Go
" Google will continue to be the place of choice, and we wanted to signal that very clearly to our employees. "
Patrick Pichette
Will
Employees
Google
" There is an obsessive focus on speed at Google. "
Patrick Pichette
Obsessive
Focus
Speed
" If you're on Earth as a single-purpose engine, and there's only one thing you want to do for the rest of your life, have at it. "
Patrick Pichette
Earth
Rest
Want
" The surprising question we get is, 'How many people telecommute at Google?' And our answer is, 'As few as possible.' "
Patrick Pichette
Question
Google
People
" We could auto-replenish as you take things out of the fridge. Why not? "
Patrick Pichette
Out
Why
You
" When our kids are asked by their friends about the success of the longevity of our marriage, they simply joke that Tamar and I have spent so little time together that 'it's really too early to tell' if our marriage will, in fact, succeed. "
Patrick Pichette
Early
Together
Time
" Once you have children, you're basically hunkered down until at least late high school. "
Patrick Pichette
School
Late
High School
" It makes no sense to make people drive cars. "
Patrick Pichette
Make
No Sense
People
" Google is a very responsible company. It's a generous company, but it's very frugal in many ways. "
Patrick Pichette
Generous
Google
Responsible
" With scale, there always becomes this tension of, how do you keep the start-up philosophy? "
Patrick Pichette
Always
You
Keep
" It's important that you don't lie to yourself. If you lie to yourself, you end up with burnout. "
Patrick Pichette
End
Yourself
You
" Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life. "
Patrick Pichette
Professional
Good
Life
" I guess you can run from Google, but you definitely can't hide. "
Patrick Pichette
Hide
Run
Guess
" I am a mild introvert. But I have learned to be a very successful extrovert because if you want impact, you have to work with people. "
Patrick Pichette
Want
Impact
You