Asian Success in the Western World

June 27th, 2006

I came across another article on rediff on this Chinese guy called Kai-Fu Lee, who was the VP at Microsoft and has recently switched to go work for Google. What I liked the most was his career trajectory along with his deep interest and faith in Chinese talent. And how this new job in Google will do good for both him and his home China.. Another thing that was very truly said was :

“The challenge for foreign companies was to help those new technologists leaven their traditional Asian values with a more Western mind-set. “What it is going to take for success in the 21st century is a combination of both,” Lee explained. “How you adjust the humility with confidence, the perseverance with self-criticalness, the courage with the serenity.”

I myself have always tried to balance both my traditional values with the Western ways of life. One that I have most trouble with however is, Ahankaar (pride) being one of the vices, and confidence without which one can’t acheive anything in this competitive world. But, i guess the combination of both is the perfect solution to success…

Read more at : http://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/jun/27google.htm?q=tp&file=.htm

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