The story of Google's product manager becoming the CEO of Yahoo!

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In Childhood we are floating in our own imagination and plays different role just for fun! From doctors, engineers, writers, actors, players to ice cream workers, what a variety of dreams!

Growing up, one by one, the doors of dreams begin to close. All the doors were open in front of you when you were in class five, you had to take any one of science-commerce-arts when you came to class nine, the other doors were closed! Thus, with every step in life, the dreams become very limited.

The man who wanted to be the Prime Minister of India when he was young, but he cannot suddenly leave his job and start politics when he wants to come to work! Many things depend on his salary including the food of the whole family, he has to forget many dreams in the reality of life.

Starting something new involves a lot of risk and possibility of danger, it takes a lot of courage and a lot of enthusiasm to overcome it, not everyone has that.

But some have; They know how to do all the real work by showing thumbs up to all the obstacles!

Today I will tell you the story of such a person.


That little girl from Wisconsin

Marissa Mayer was born in 1975, in a small town in Wisconsin. Little Marisa is incredibly playful by nature, she has a great interest in everything.

"Why does it happen, how does it work?" All the time she makes everyone bored by asking questions! Of course, no one objected. Instead, her parents, who are engineers and teachers, always encouraged her to learn about different things, to think about new things.

Marissa found it really interesting! Enrolled in a belly dance course, went ice skating after school, no one found her at home even in holydays, was out of town as the school's best representative in the debate competition!

Despite all this, Marissa always took her studies very seriously. A lot of knowledge is needed to be successful in life. So not only to do well in the class, she read all the books in the class out of curiosity!

She is very interested in Math's and Science, she forgets to eat and drink when she sits down to read them, the world of great wonders of science used to surprise this little girl!

Marissa, however, wanted to be a belly dancer. She said, "When I grew up, I decided to become a doctor. Then while studying at Stanford University, I was introduced to a strange device. A box like a TV, you can do whatever you want with it, what fun!"

This magic box named 'computer' impressed Marissa so much that she decided to study computer science instead of studying medicine!


She got 14 job offers immediately 

Marisa studied Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience, Linguistics and Computer Science during her university life!

However, the times were not only spent on the pages of books, organizing cultural festivals, debates everything attained at a time.

The girl who was mesmerized by belly dancing on the stage of the university used to rush to spread the light of education in far away Bermuda, to bring a touch of happiness in the lives of helpless children.

Along with these many accomplishments, Marissa interned at two world-renowned organizations, where she explain all her various discoveries on artificial intelligence.

The executives of various organizations were shaken, such a talented girl is not one in a million! Therefore, before finishing the university life, she gets lucrative job offers from 14 reputable companies!

A surprising decision

What do you actually do with so many attractive job offers? Be sure to listen and check to accept the best offer. Everyone would have done that, but Marisa is a different kind of person!

Her mindset was completely different, So she rejected all the tempting offers and joined an absolutely unknown institution, the name of which no one had ever heard of.

Everyone surprised, what did you do Marisa! Of course, people can't be blamed, when Marissa joined the job, it turned out that the total staff of the company with her was only twenty! She is the twentieth employee and the only female engineer of the company!

What was it like in that infamous company whose attractiveness made Marissa push away all the attractive career opportunities?

The answer is very simple. The name of the company was "Google"!


Small to huge impact

Marissa has that childhood urge of wanting to know the details of everything, never stopping until everything is perfect; This thing caught everyone's attention. Marissa was brought up from a small project and given all important positions like product manager.

In a short time, she won everyone's heart by showing excellent work. Google by then become a famous organization! Their name has started spreading as a search engine all over the world.

She decided it was time to start a new chapter in his life.



This is when Marisa's artistic side came in handy. She designed everything from Google's homepage to layout and theming. She started recruiting many talented young workers under her supervision to make Google's future stronger. Little by little she took the whole organization to a new height.

Everything from Google Search, Maps, News, Toolbar, Gmail has been developed under the supervision of Marissa. It is surprising to think that Google is so intimately involved in the daily life of millions of people around the world, how much role a person plays behind it!

The start of a new campaign

When Marissa joined Google thirteen long years ago, the future was uncertain. No one knows what would happen next, where the organization would go.

Marissa has built Google with an age of tireless work in the thrill of crossing the unknown. Now Google is one of the most famous and most powerful company in the world.

The soldiers who took the lead in those early days, are today serving in much greater positions. But Marissa's mind is no longer on Google. The thrill of the unknown that chased her all her life, that feeling is no longer coming! She decided it was time to start a new chapter in her life.

CEO of YAHOO

Marisa joined Yahoo after leaving Google, as if not in three positions, but as CEO! Yahoo's old charm is no more by then.

Google has advanced so much under Marissa's intervention that most people have given up on using Yahoo!

What's interesting, the one who alone destroyed Yahoo, today took the initiative to regain the lost glory of the organization!

It turned out that even after coming to Yahoo, her appetite for work has not decreased! She was selected as the CEO of the year by Fortune magazine. She brought Yahoo from the brink of collapse with great enthusiasm and planning.

Marisa's secret to success

Do you wonder how a person can juggle dance, work, family, research, meetings, campaigning, management, volunteer roles and so many other tasks so successfully at the same time?

You may not believe the answer.

Marissa Mayer works 130 hours a week in an office.

130 hours!

An average of 18 hours per day.

Not for One or two days; Every day, every year!

She rarely gets a chance to sleep. Most often she takes a nap for 2-3 hours while working at the office desk. 

In her 13-year career at Google, there was never a week where she sleeps full due to the stress of work. But seeing Marisa's smiling face, there is no way to understand that she hasn't slept for 40 hours straight!

After the birth of twins, she has a history of working from a hospital bed. She increased maternity leave for Yahoo employees from 8 weeks to 16 weeks, but returned to work just 2 weeks after the birth of her first child to prove why she's different.

In childhood she has so many strange dreams, but Marisa did not forget them! She has turned thousands of heads with her beauty, does not go too far in the world of modeling. She became the "Glamour Magazine" Woman of the Year in 2009.

She became the world's most elite fashion magazine "Vogue" model, "Fortune 500" survey, there is no other CEO with such a combination of appearance and talent precedent!


Marissa said to the youth, “Success always depends on effort. You may have little talent, but with hard work you can surpass even the most talented person in the world.

So don't stop dreaming, get down to work to make it come true! There is only one life, forget to sleep till you take the victory leap!”

If you have a dream, no matter how impossible it seems, if you have enthusiasm, the dream will come true!

Marisa worked 18 hours a day to make her dreams come true, so why should you back down? Jump into a new venture today!

That's all friends and hope you liked this amazing journey of Marisa and either way it inspire you to do something in life.

Never doubt yourself, you have an unique talent the work of finding that inside you is your job, so keep searching until you find it.

Thanks,

Preetam

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You share some amazing stories about amazing people, Preetam. You must be aiming to follow in their footsteps. Power to you!

Buy knowing these people I am want to understand how these people achive what they want in life. Also wondering how clearly they think about themselves and a firm determination with everything they did in their life.

Good motivation

Interesting read!

Have a great start of the week!

Cheers,
Maria🌹

Thanks, Maria wish you a great week.

😀😎

Such an interesting read.
That's a great way to start the week.
Thank you.

You're welcome 🤗.

Very inspiring, indeed, Preetam! Have a Great start to the new week!

Jeff

Thanks, Jeffrey 🐱 and wish you the same.

You're welcome, Preetam, and much appreciated!

Jeff

I love this girl - fascinating story indeed. Top blog post and share. 10/10 Thank you Preetam.

Yes one of the topmost key figure of modern era and very hardworking and friendly women.

I love her from the bottom of my heart; we have things in common.

True and I appreciate it thanks :D

You're welcome Abie 🍓

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