In his early days on the board of directors at General Electric, Welch decided to keep quiet instead of voicing his opinion. The chairman Paul Austin quickly told him not to change who he is.
The best advice she got, Lee said, came from Marissa Mayer when Lee considering taking a job at Google. Mayer said her own favorite choices had come when she followed the more difficult road. “’Are you learning, are you growing, are you challenging yourself?’†Lee recalled Mayer asking. “I always define my career in terms of that.â€
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