It's important that you don't lie to yourself. If you lie to yourself, you end up with burnout.
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.
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.
I spend my weekends with my Android phone in an elastic band that has tied to my Android phone my driver's license and my credit card. That's how I live. I'm not carrying a wallet anymore. Like, a wallet is a medieval item, right?
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.
We could auto-replenish as you take things out of the fridge. Why not?
Google is a very responsible company. It's a generous company, but it's very frugal in many ways.
When you start traveling and thinking from a global perspective, you realize how small the planet is and how predatory we are to its ecology.
Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life.
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.
After taking a two-year sabbatical to spend time with my wife and travel the world, I'm excited to join the Twitter Board and help the company advance its mission.
If you live in the digital economy, you have to be careful to have your investment thesis squarely bolted into your reality.
With scale, there always becomes this tension of, how do you keep the start-up philosophy?
