What former Intel CEO Gelsinger got right about success
In a Chi Alpha talk, former Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger challenged ambitious students to rethink success by grounding identity in unshakeable character and faith, writes Espinoza.
It’s difficult to spend meaningful time at a place like Stanford without absorbing the implicit message that success is the measure of a person. The metrics are familiar: academic excellence, prestigious internships, influential networks, venture capital funding, thought leadership.
Even those who resist this current often do so by redefining success, rarely rejecting the premise that our own worth is tied to accomplishment.
That’s why Patrick Gelsinger’s conversation for the Chi Alpha Christian fellowship left a lasting impression. Chi Alpha is one of Stanford’s largest and most diverse Christian organizations and focuses on building authentic community, exploring faith and applying it to students’ everyday lives.
Author summary: Gelsinger rethinks success.