Marissa Mayer Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough.”
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“You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.”
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“I realized in all the cases where I was happy with the decision I made, there were two common threads: Surround myself with the smartest people who challenge you to think about things in new ways, and do something you are not ready to do so you can learn the most.”
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“If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen.”
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“Our theory is, if you need the user to tell you what you're selling, then you don't know what you're selling, and it's probably not going to be a good experience.”
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“Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do - and the business side.”
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“The mobile phone acts as a cursor to connect the digital and physical.”
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“The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.”
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“I definitely think what drives technology companies is the people; because in a technology company it's always about what are you going to do next.”
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“You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.”
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“Employees, especially young people, want more than a paycheck.”
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“I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.”
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“Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.”
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“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow.”
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“Success is never getting to the bottom of your to-do list.”
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“If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.”
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“You can wear ruffles; you can be a jock, and you can still be a great computer scientist, or a great technologist, or a great product designer.”
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“Do something youre not ready to do. In the worst case, youll learn your limitations.”
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“I think that for me, it's God, family and Yahoo—in that order.”
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“Reality is but a poor excuse for not having an imagination.”
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“Creativity thrives best when constrained.”
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“Innovation is born from the interaction between constraint and vision.”
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“People ask me all the time: 'What is it like to be a woman at Google?' I'm not a woman at Google, I'm a geek at Google. And being a geek is just great. I'm a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook.”
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“I think the most interesting thing is what happens next.”
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“Search occupies this wonderful moment in a user's day where it doesn't even really break along demographics, right?”
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“I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable.”
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“I like to get myself in over my head.”
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“I had to think really hard about how to choose between job offers.”
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