From the course: Career Advice from Some of the Biggest Names in Business

Joe Kaeser on challenging yourself every day

From the course: Career Advice from Some of the Biggest Names in Business

Joe Kaeser on challenging yourself every day

(gentle music) - I believe, first of all, you need to be head down and humble every day. Listen to your people. And whenever it pops into your mind, "Been there, done that. "Come on, just tried this one 10 years ago." If that pops into your mind, just step back one minute and say, "Because of that, I will not listen to you now." It's not always that simple. You look at those young people, and have them speak up. I mean, when I was young and first met a board member, or the CEO, I heard my, and I could feel my heartbeat totally in the ears, that nervous. But I have people that, "Hey, I didn't think "your LinkedIn article was any good. "What did you think actually, when you were writing that?" That's how people talk to me today. - You're okay with that? - Ah, that's perfect, it's perfect. There's quite a community there, and you go to people, listen to them, and then just challenge yourself every day. And then, it doesn't always work, but it worked for the most part, and if you see examples, let's say, like competitors going down, and then people are like, "Oh, how we got them." I said, "No, you didn't. "Look at it, it could happen to us every day too." So just think about it. Head down and work hard. (gentle music)

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