#471 – Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet - Lex Fridman Podcast
## Metadata
- Author: **Lex Fridman Podcast**
- Full Title: #471 – Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet
- Category: #podcasts
- URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/5c0c2b97-343a-493c-9719-69a5b4dd7237
## Highlights
- **Follow Your Heart**
- Sundar Pichai advises young people to listen to their heart more than their mind when figuring out what to do.
- Loving what you do makes it easier to excel and discover your best self.
Transcript:
Lex Fridman
Who want to be maybe the next Sundar Bichai, who want to start, create companies, build something that has a lot of impact on the world.
Sundar Pichai
Look, you have a lot of luck along the way, but you obviously have to make smart choices. You're thinking about what you want to do. Your brain is telling you something. But when you do things, I think it's important to kind of get that, listen to your heart and see whether you actually enjoy doing it. Right? That feeling of if you love what you do, it's so much easier and you're going to see the best version of yourself. It's easier said than done. I think it's tough to find things you love doing. ([Time 0:14:14](https://share.snipd.com/snip/eb5c3f85-0f77-49d2-80d2-41319ff761f3))
- **Listen to Your Heart**
- When deciding what to do in life, listen to your heart more than your mind to figure out what you love.
- Work with people who stretch your abilities, putting yourself in uncomfortable situations to foster growth.
Transcript:
Lex Fridman
Who want to be maybe the next Sundar Bichai, who want to start, create companies, build something that has a lot of impact on the world.
Sundar Pichai
Look, you have a lot of luck along the way, but you obviously have to make smart choices. You're thinking about what you want to do. Your brain is telling you something. But when you do things, I think it's important to kind of get that, listen to your heart and see whether you actually enjoy doing it. Right? That feeling of if you love what you do, it's so much easier and you're going to see the best version of yourself. It's easier said than done. I think it's tough to find things you love doing. But I think kind of listening to your heart a bit more than your mind in terms of figuring out what you want to do, I think is one of the best things I would tell people. The second thing is, I mean, trying to work with people who you feel at various points in my life. I've worked with people who I felt were better than me. I kind of like, you know, you almost are sitting in a room talking to someone and they're like, wow, like, you know, you you want that feeling a few times. Trying to get yourself in ([Time 0:14:14](https://share.snipd.com/snip/6f20ac1d-9cdd-4cfe-9c89-396881ae4ea4))