00:00I'll tell you a piece of advice that my boss, who was CEO in my previous job, gave me, and
00:04he's now CEO of Uber.
00:06Dara Khosrowshahi, he's a brilliant man.
00:08I was sitting at a table, and my job was to run technology for him for the Expedia brand.
00:13And one day, he asked me a question about marketing.
00:16But sitting in this room of leaders, where there were people that had way more experience and expertise than I
00:21did, I didn't speak up.
00:24Dara said to me, he said, you know how important function marketing is for us?
00:28I said, yeah, I understand it.
00:30He said, well, why don't you speak up about it in the leadership team meetings?
00:34I said, well, I don't have any actual experience in marketing.
00:37And these few words changed my life.
00:39He simply said, and if you don't talk about it, you never will.
00:43If you don't talk and make mistakes and say the wrong things and get beat up by the CMO, how
00:49are you going to learn?
00:51You can't be afraid to be wrong.
00:52I enjoy the idea that I'm learning something new.
00:54It keeps me young.
00:55It keeps me happy.
00:56It keeps me engaged.
00:57That was great advice.
