Patrick Pichette Quotes

Canada, Businessperson
January 1, 1953

Patrick Pichette is a Canadian businessperson. He was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Google Inc from 2008 until 2015. He is now a general partner at the venture capital fund iNovia Capital.

It's important that you don't lie to yourself. If you lie to yourself, you end up with burnout.

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- Yourself
- Lie
- End Up
Everybody knows: people, operations, and the HR component of Google is one critical strategic asset that we have.

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- People
- Google
- Strategic

Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life.

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- Life
- Believe
- Standing
Working at Google is a privilege, nothing less.

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- Working
- Privilege
- Google
In the end, life is wonderful but nonetheless a series of trade offs, especially between business/professional endeavours and family/community.

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- Life
- Family
- Business
People forget that YouTube is the second-largest search site on the Web. It just tells you the power of how many people live on YouTube.

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- People
- Live
- YouTube
People should understand that Google changes every day.

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- Everyday
- Changes
- Google
When work starts feeling too comfortable, fire yourself; go get another job.

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- Job
- Fire
- Comfortable

When you start traveling and thinking from a global perspective, you realize how small the planet is and how predatory we are to its ecology.

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- Small
- Planet
- Traveling
I guess you can run from Google, but you definitely can't hide.

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- Run
- Hide
- Google
If you think of what you do on your mobile and what you do on your PC, they're typically very different, and because they're different, they bring you additional value and additional opportunities.

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