Successful CEO

I attended a talk by Jack Welch, former CEO of GE. He came to Hale Auditorium to promote his second book titled "Winning". I actually dun care what book he writes. I have read quite a lot of bio books on famous people. It's all about risks, hard work, and guts.

I didn't know that he started as an engineer in GE. He said the need to score well in the work assigned by your boss.. When your boss asked you to do A, you should give him A+B, but be careful, you shouldn't outscore your boss. Instead, you should make your boss looks good.

Any point he brought up that I can sync with is the gut. The gut to make decision is very crucial. he honestly said that it's the gut that distincts him from other CEOs. Also, from the experience, he can make better decision with less data.

For me, the tough decision laying ahead of me is to whether to stay in US and look for a pathetic cubicle job or go back to Asia and do something. I can't find a compelling reason to stay here. I find I need to be different from other people. If the difference will make me become worse in term of income, i dun care. At least, I do what I strongly believe in.

Staying in Ann Arbor for 5 yrs is more than enough for me. I can kill 2 birds with one stone if I go back to Asia. I wont' be lonely there and also I can be an entrepreneur. I dun like to play safe!!! But I don't want to take stupid risks too!

Lastly, I wonder why there are so many people lining up until on the sidewalk of Tappan street after Jack's talk today to get his signature. Does having a signed book next to your bed will help you to become a successful person? I don't think so...I think those people are trapped by Jack's marketing. A lot of sweeping statements here...but who cares!