451 - Eric Schmidt: Becoming the CEO of Google... Unlearn Arrogance & Become Your Greatest

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Eric Schmidt is the former CEO of Google. Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page hired him to gear Google up for the IPO. But something happened. They told him, "You need a coach." Eric disagreed. He thought "I'm so great! You just hired me." Arrogance kicked in. And he forgot about all the potential he had. We all do this. For different reasons: we're busy, we're tired, we think we know it all, ect. But there's no good reason to stop growing. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:10.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.4	When you're yelling at an employee to do something, you are losing, right?
0:19.8	That is a bad situation.
0:21.8	You're much better off if you're asking questions rather than telling people what to do.
0:26.8	Because if you ask somebody a question, they're then engaged in your thought process.
0:31.0	They're going to try to figure out why you asked the question and they'll modify their behavior.
0:35.4	And did you ever find yourself during these 18 years at Google yelling at someone and thinking in your head,
0:40.4	oh Bill is not going to like this but I feel like I have to do it.
0:44.0	I made that mistake and many many others.
0:47.0	And the story there actually shows you how sort of foolish I was.
0:50.4	John Doar, who was recruited me to the company.
0:52.8	Caused and says you need a coach.
0:54.2	I said I don't need a coach.
0:55.2	Look at all the things that I've done.
0:56.4	Look how good I am.
0:57.8	You know compared to everyone else, I mean come on, you just hire me.
1:00.0	I'm like super good.
1:03.0	Right?
1:03.5	And I more or less said it like that.
1:06.0	Like super arrogant.
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