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When I was a child I never said, "When I grow up, I want to be a CEO," but here I am. When I look
back on my career, I realize the road to becoming a CEO isn't a straight, clearly clarified path. In fact, no
two paths are the same. But whether you want to be a boss one day or not, there's a lot to learn from
how leaders rise to the top of successful companies.
As this series of stories shows, the paths to becoming a CEO may vary, but the people in that position
share the qualities of commitment, work ethic (守则) and a strong desire for building something new. And every CEO take risks along the way - putting your life savings on the line to start a software company or
leaving a big business to be one of the first employees at a startup.
I grew up in Minnesota, and learned how to be an entrepreneur (企业家) from my father, who has
run a small business for almost 30 years. I went to Georgetown University and tried a lot of business
activities in college with varying degrees of success. And I always had a dream job pattern: to walk to
work, work for myself and build something for consumers.
I'm only 29, so it's been a quick ride to CEO．Out of college, I worked for AOL as a product
manager, then moved to Revolution Health and ran the consumer product team. In mid-2007 I left
Revolution Health and started LivingSocial with several other colleagues, where I became a CEO.
Career advice: Don't figure out where you want to work, or even what industry you'd like to work at.
Figure out what makes you do so. What gives you a really big rush? Answer why you like things, not
what you like doing...and then apply it to your work life. Also, just because you're graduating, don't stop
learning. Read more books than you did in college. If you do, and they're not, you're really well-positioned to succeed in whatever you do.
1. What can we know from the first paragraph?
A. The author hasn't achieved his childhood ambition.
B. The author thinks there is some easy way to become a CEO.
C. The author had an ambition of becoming a CEO in his childhood.
D. The author believes success stories of CEOs can be beneficial to everybody.
2. According to the author, successful CEOs should ________.
A. try not to take risks
B. stay in the same business
C. have a strong sense of creativity
D. save every possible penny
3. What can we know about the author from the passage?
A. He started LivingSocial when he was still a student of Georgetown University.
B. His father had far-reaching influence on him.
C. His business activities at college ended up in more failure than success.
D. He used to run the consumer product team for AOL.
