Did You Hear The One About How Eric Schmidt Got Hired At Google?

Perhaps you’ve heard that Eric Schmidt called Android ‘more secure than the iPhone.’

Did you hear the one about how Eric Schmidt got hired at Google?

Google had a tryout for the leading CEO candidates. They invited the best and the brightest to their campus and gave them a one-question exam. They picked up a chair, plopped it on a desk and wrote on the board: “Using everything you have learned, describe the most effective way to remove the chair from the desk.”

Most of the candidates began furiously writing their answers. However, Eric Schmidt finished in less than a minute, turned in his paper and left the room. Weeks later it was announced that Eric Schmidt had been named CEO of Google.

His answer to the examine question consisted of two words:

What chair?

When you’re reality sucks, simply deny that the reality exists.

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John Kirk

John R. Kirk is a recovering attorney. He has also worked as a financial advisor and a business coach. His love affair with computing started with his purchase of the original Mac in 1985. His primary interest is the field of personal computing (which includes phones, tablets, notebooks and desktops) and his primary focus is on long-term business strategies: What makes a company unique; How do those unique qualities aid or inhibit the success of the company; and why don’t (or can’t) other companies adopt the successful attributes of their competitors?

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