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How To Think Like Google’s Larry Page And Sergey Brin
Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting.
“We both found each other obnoxious.“
That’s how Sergey Brin characterized the first time he met Larry Page.
Larry had just come to Stanford to start grad school, and Sergey was giving his group a tour of the campus. Right off the bat, the duo started bickering.
About everything.
Each of the two had strong opinions, and a stubborn will to emerge out on top.
However during those first few days in a new environment, deep down Larry was suffering from heavy doses of impostor syndrome:
“At first it was pretty scary. I kept complaining to my friends that I was going to get sent back home on the bus.“
Sergey is the joker, while Larry has always been the more serious, quiet type. Yet, their personalities complement each other perfectly. Their individual minds have a specific flair of genius which when brought together adds up to more than the sum of its parts.
When two minds meet, the results are never straightforward. It’s the only world where mathematical rules don’t apply. When Larry and Sergey put their brains together, 1+1 ended up equaling…
