Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!
Larry PageRead
If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the fulfillment that comes from pursuing meaningful work.
Larry Page emphasizes the importance of working on significant projects that have a positive impact on the world. He suggests that such endeavors ignite passion and enthusiasm, making it easier to embrace each day with eagerness and purpose. When individuals engage in efforts that are meaningful to them and society, they experience a profound sense of motivation and commitment.
Themes
ChangeWorldMotivationImportanceWork
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used as a motivational message during a team meeting focused on project goals.
More from Larry Page
All quotes →Technology should do the hard work, so you can get on and live your life. We're only at one percent of what's possible, and we're moving slow relative to the opportunity we have.
Larry PageRead
Lots of companies don’t succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future. I try to focus on that: What is the future really going to be? And how do we create it? And how do we power our organization to really focus on that and really drive it at a high rate? When I was working on Android, I felt guilty. It wasn’t what we were working on, it was a start-up, and I felt guilty. That was stupid! It was the future.
Larry PageRead
Always deliver more than expected.
Larry PageRead
You don't need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.
Larry PageRead
I like going to Burning Man, for example. An environment where people can try new things. I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out new things and figure out the effect on society. What's the effect on people, without having to deploy it to the whole world.
Larry PageRead
Similar quotes
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
Norman Vincent PealeRead
Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.
Barack ObamaRead
Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.
B. C. ForbesRead
Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
I found that when you start thinking and saying what you really want then your mind automatically shifts and pulls you in that direction. And sometimes it can be that simple, just a little twist in vocabulary that illustrates your attitude and philosophy.
Jim RohnRead
Don't follow trends, start trends.
Frank CapraRead