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When something is important enough， you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
When I was in college， I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
On motivation: "I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary， it's not just about the business. There has to be a business， and the business has to make sense， but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you."
I have always believed that technology should do the hard work – discovery, organization, communication – so users can do what makes them happiest: living and loving, not messing with annoying computers! That means making our products work together seamlessly.
We have a mantra: don’t be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone. So I think if we were known for that, it would be a wonderful thing.
If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered – the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.
If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
We keep moving forward - opening up new doors and doing new things - because we're curious.
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.