In terms of your first question, 'how did I go from being a history student to a CEO?'
It beats the heck out of me, as we would say in English. I did not plan to become a CEO. Up until fairly recently I never would have dreamed I could become a CEO. How do I manage a lot of technologist when I am not trained in technology myself? First, I have worked around technology my business career, so I know what technology can do. And one of the things I have learned about leadership and management is to know what you know and equally important to know what you do not know. I do not know how to program a computer. But I do know the power that a computer can unlock. So one of my great contributions, I think, as been, not to understand how to make technology, but to understand how to use technology. And I know that there are many many people around me at HP who understand how to make technology.
So I don't need to make that particular contribution, my contribution is to unlock the potential of HP. And also to unlock the potential of people with technology. So knowing what you and knowing what you don't know are very important. And I think as well, successful people, great leaders, just like successful companies -- they know their strengths, they leverage their strengths, but also know how to balance what they don't know, what they are not strong at with other people and other partners.
Q: Good afternoon Carly, its my great honor and privilege to attend you speech. I would like to ask you a question which many girls would be interested in. My question is, as a successful female CEO how do you balance your family life? Thank you very much.
A: The truth is, since I have become the CEO of HP, balance is very hard. And my family would tell you that. I have the great fortune to have a family that is very supportive. The truth is my life today is work and family, I have nothing else. People ask me do I have hobbies? No. Do I play golf? No. I work, and I spend time with my family. Over the years I have learned that you have different needs at different times in your life. You have different balance points at different in different times of your life. Different people have different balance requirements. The goal of a company, I think, is to accommodate all kinds of people with all kinds of work-life balance requirements. All of which is to say there is no easy answer to your question. There is no silver bullet, you will have to find your own balance point for yourself. You will have to make your choices about what your balance should be. But you should also know, that only you can make those choices. No one else can tell you how to make them. Only you can make those choices. And whatever choice you make there will be consequences. So, some of the consequence will be very good, some of the consequences will be frustrating. But you can make your own choices.
Q: Mrs. Fiorina. Its my honor to the . How did you get started? I mean, what's your first step to sail in the ocean of business? I want to know what's your first step.
A: The first step is to start, even if you are afraid. The first step is to start, even if you are afraid. Do not believe that your whole life must be mapped out. Do not believe that every job must be the greatest ever. I have learned from everything I have ever done. I said that I had a job as a secretary. I typed. I answered the phones. I learned a lot from that job. And I remember to this day, lessons I learned in that job. For example, one of the lessons I learned in that job was how much difference someone low in the organization can make. I think that it is also true that everybody is afraid at some time. I have been afraid in my career, I have been afraid in in my life. Sometimes people call me brave, I heard some newspapers call me fearless. You know, courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear. You will be afraid at times in you life. Maybe you are afraid now - what does the future hold? Where will I go? How will I contribute? Just take the first step, in spite of the fear. See opportunity when it approaches you. I said I obviously have not had a clear road map for my life, or my career. I went to jobs that were difficult purposefully. Every job I ever took in my career was a job someone told me I shouldn't do. It was a job someone told me I couldn't do. It was a job someone told me it was not wise to try. I took hard jobs because they were challenging. I took hard jobs because I could prove something. Not because I know the end point but because I wanted to be challenged and I wanted to make a difference in the here and now. But always I could see opportunity. So being flexible, acting even if you are afraid, taking the first step, even if we do not know the step that will come later. Those are the most important things you can do. Now, and 20 years from now.
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