EMC高管：怎样避免被钱伤感情

    5. 如果没有从事现在的工作，你会做什么呢？

    我很可能会成为一名海洋生物学家。我为塞拉俱乐部（Sierra Club）研究过龙虾捕捞工具，目的是减少北大西洋露脊鲸被诱捕的可能性。我对深海有着浓厚的兴趣。我觉得，20世纪下半叶最令人惊叹的事情之一就是，人们发现了大西洋中脊深海热泉附近的生态系统，也就是不依赖于光合作用的完整生态系统的存在。小时候在学校里，我学到的知识是地球上所有生命都始于光合作用。但现在却发现，这个观点错了。看到一种基本信念因为新发现而土崩瓦解，实在是一件了不起的事。于是我们明白了，我们需要学习的东西还有那么多。

    6. 你经历的最大失败是什么？

    我在职业生涯初期接手过一份工作，当时看来是一个很好的机会。在我之前没有女性接手过这个职位，它也提升了我在公司的地位。但我讨厌这个工作，这种厌恶感非常强烈，以至于我最终辞职回去干了老本行。我在那份工作上对自己有了更多的了解。从这个意义上来说，我不认为它所谓的失败。但在传统意义上，它确实是一个败笔。我在这个职位上只坚持了不到一年的时间。

    7. 哪项特质是每个领导人都应该具备的？

    要愿意倾听新奇、出人意料或相反的想法。不管这种想法来自什么人。

    8. 你毕生追求的一个目标是什么？

    我希望在人迹罕至的大西洋深处与鲸鲨同游。鲸鲨是一种神奇的生物，它们体型巨大，被人们称为“温柔的巨人”。它们自身就是一个生态系统。我之所以被深深吸引，是因为与人们印象中的鲨鱼相比，它们完全不同。

    9. 你每天会采取哪些措施促进可持续发展？

    在日常生活中，我们会坚定不移地对物品进行重复使用、堆积成肥及再利用。我开的车是混合动力汽车，我在努力践行着可持续发展的理念。但最重要的事情还是呼吁别人。有时候面对强权很艰难，你要用温和的方式告诉人们注意环保。我向自己保证要做到这一点，但有时很难做到。

    10. 你错失的最大机遇是什么？

    我在职业生涯初期曾经得到一个管理工作的机会，但我拒绝了。因为我并不想成为管理者，觉得自己不会喜欢这类工作，也没有从事这类工作的规划。然而这是错误的，因为最终当我真正去从事管理型工作的时候，我对自己有了更多的了解。我对在与人共事和学会放下这两方面都有了更多的理解。这对我的职业生涯显然很有帮助，所以现在回过头看看，当时我的确错失了一个很大的机会。（财富中文网）

    译者：刘进龙/朱毓芬

    5. What would you do if you weren't working at your current job?

    I think I really would have loved to be a marine biologist. I did some research for the Sierra Club on lobster [catching] gear that could help reduce the likelihood of ensnaring North Atlantic right whales. I'm really interested in the deep ocean. I think one of the most amazing things that happened in the second half of the 20th century was the discovery of ecosystems at the hydrothermal vents in the mid-Atlantic ridge and the discovery that there are whole ecosystems not based on photosynthesis. When I was a kid in school, I learned that all life on Earth started with photosynthesis, and that's not true. It's a big deal to see such a fundamental belief disrupted from new knowledge, and there's so much more to learn there.

    6. What has been your biggest failure?

    Early on in my career, I took a job that seemed like a good opportunity. There had been no women in the job before, and it moved me up organizationally. But I hated it. I passionately hated it, and I ended up going back to an old job. I don't like to think of it as a failure in the sense that I learned a lot about myself, but it was a traditional failure. I was there less than a year.

    7. What is one characteristic that every leader should possess?

    The willingness to listen to new, unexpected, or contrary ideas. No matter where they come from.

    8. What is one goal that you would like to accomplish during your lifetime?

    I want to swim with a whale shark in the wild, out in the Atlantic. They're amazing. They're huge and called a "gentle giant." They're ecosystems in and of themselves. They appeal to me because they are so contrary to the stereotype of what a shark is.

    9. What daily steps do you take to promote sustainability?

    In my daily life, we're very adamant about reusing, composting, and repurposing. I drive a hybrid, and I try to live the ethos of sustainability. More importantly though is speaking up. It can be hard sometimes to stand up to power. You have to find gentle ways to let people know that they can do things differently, and I've promised myself that I would do that. But sometimes it's hard.

    10. What was your biggest missed opportunity?

    I was offered a job in management very early in my career. I turned it down because I thought I didn't want to be a manager. I felt that it was something I would not like, and I didn't see it as part of my career. And it was a mistake because once I finally did let myself get pushed into it, I learned so much more about myself. I learned even more about working with people and about letting certain things go. And of course it helped my career, so it was a big missed opportunity way back when.