Google Speaks

Book Description

I just finished reading this book. Written by Janet Lowe who also has written about other successful like Warren Buffet, Jack Welsh and Bill Gates. As the title suggests, this book is all about the Google. I read about the people, the history, the success story and many related issues like privacy, war with Microsoft, etc.

What interest me most is the conclusion. The author lists her observations of the traits of people who change the world. I share with you in here:

“THE TRAITS OF THOSE WHO CHANGE THE WORLD

I’ve written about many people who have changed the world with their ideas and actions. These include Bill Gates of Microsoft, Warren Buffet of Berkshire Hathaway, Ted Turner, creator of CNN, Oprah Winfrey, and others. I’m often asked what these exceptional people have in common.

Foremost, they trust themselves and follow their own ideas. They have intuition, but more important, they listen to that inner voice. Intuition is not a supernatural phenomenon. It is a combination of your total knowledge, your experience, your thinking and feeling self, and your present mindset. It can be your automatic pilot.
Fresh thinking is essential. As the world of technology evolves, new problems arise daily. Bill Gates and Paul Allen did not even think of the past as they worked up the first operating system for the first personal computer. They simply surveyed the challenge and dove for the answer.
They are curious. Larry Page and Sergey Brin continually ask questions and probe the answers to see whether they work.
They engage their imagination. They think of what may be possible. They think big. Imagination is a gift, but it also can be cultivated.
They are bold, sometimes in a brash way, sometimes in a genteel way. They push and poke beyond what others, even their own mentors, have done. They don’t hesitate when they know they are right. A strong positive attitude carries them forward, far forward”

The 3rd book that I’ve completed. Heading to the library later to find the next book.