Bonus: Advice to young people
In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen
Norges Bank Investment Management
4.8 • 186 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
What's the secret to building a fulfilling career? Nicolai Tangen shares some of the most powerful advice he's gathered from his extraordinary guests on In Good Company over the years. Hear from AMD's Lisa Su on running towards problems, Bill Gates on continuous learning, and NVIDIA's Jensen Huang's contrarian take on passion. You'll also get career wisdom from Mary Barra of General Motors, Goldman Sachs' David Solomon's 'two-thirds rule,' and Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna's four-pillar success framework. Plus insights from poker champion Annie Duke, Accenture's Julie Sweet on living without regrets, and legendary investor Stan Druckenmiller's unconventional advice. Wondering what personal advice Nicolai has for you? Don’t miss this episode!
In Good Company is hosted by Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management. New full episodes every Wednesday, and don't miss our Highlight episodes every Friday.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody, I'm Nicola Tangen and today you are listening to In Good Company. |
| 0:06.2 | Now, today's episode is a bit different and I'm particularly excited about it actually. |
| 0:10.9 | Because over the last few years, I've had the chance to sit down with some truly extraordinary |
| 0:15.5 | people, some of the leading leaders in the world who've shaped industries and changed how we think about business, |
| 0:22.0 | technology and success. At the end of every conversation, I asked them the same question. |
| 0:26.8 | What advice would you give to young people? I have been struck by how thoughtful, personal, |
| 0:32.5 | and sometimes really surprising their answers have been. For this special episode, I've collected advice from |
| 0:39.1 | someone of our remarkable guests, from Lisa Sue at AMD, to Bill Gates, from the CEO of Ferrari |
| 0:44.9 | to the head of Goldman Sachs. Each brings their own perspective on what it takes to build a |
| 0:51.3 | fulfilling career and a meaningful life. So whether you're a student figuring out your path, someone early in your career, |
| 0:59.0 | or whether you're just looking for a fresh perspective, there is wisdom here that might resonate with you. |
| 1:05.0 | These insights come from decades of real-world experience, both successes and failures. |
| 1:16.6 | Let's start with Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, one of the leading chip companies in the world. |
| 1:21.7 | She shares why we should all be running towards the problems instead of running away from them. |
| 1:25.7 | Well, I got a great piece of advice when I was a very young engineer. |
| 1:29.2 | And the piece of advice that I got was, |
| 1:35.8 | Lisa, you should run towards problems. And, you know, I didn't really understand that piece of advice at the time, frankly. But, you know, what it, what it really means is, look, we all are |
| 1:41.7 | going to spend, you know, sort of all of our waking hours, you know, |
| 1:47.5 | working on something. Whatever you work on, make sure that you work on something that's important. |
| 1:52.2 | And actually, people like it when you volunteer for tough problems because that's where |
| 1:57.1 | you need sort of the most, you know, sort of innovation, the most creativity, the most, you know, |
| 2:04.7 | sort of opportunity. |
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