I just graduated from the University of Florida and had to listen to Harris Lance, the CEO of Harris talk about how great he was. At one point he recommended the engineering students to put their dreams on hold, get a job, save the economy, and wait to take that backpacking trip across Europe you've been thinking about until you've made your first million.
-Someone on the West Coast.
Thank you, Harris.
Any guesses as to why Page included the word "uncomfortably" in his one-sentence? My guess is that if the idea is big enough it's going to feel strange working on, because most people will believe it's impossible.
I sorta half expected Larry Page to give me the golden secret...how to start the next Google. His answer? Dream Big.
It's such a cliche phrase, but the caveat is that life is incredibly precarious. His other message is much more profound to me: Love those who support you and give that same love back.
I think is a nice balance to all the advice you get about "dreaming big" at commencement speeches. Dreaming big is only good if you have the motivation to accomplish those dreams.
As for the speech itself, I thought the delivery was poor, and the speech itself a little long for what he talked about. I also thought it was a little weird--he basically boiled down his parents meeting to his dad looking up his mother's skirt.
After i watched the video though i just wondered whether he was just alittle nervous or awkward. The words in his speech were great, but his delivery was 'for lack' of a better word not as confident as the words in his writing.
Anyway, regardless i would love to see larry and/or sergey speak here some time. Not sure if they have ever done so here in Oz.
Oh well, it felt good to have such a notable alumni speak. Go blue!
