Dines: CEO Loneliness Stems From Absorbing Unactionable Internal Company Negativity
Daniel Dines · Daniel Dines: From a Dollar a Day to Romania's Richest Man| Happiness, Wealth, Risk and more | E1143 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Apr 22, 2024 · at 33:28
Daniel Dines is the co-founder and CEO of UiPath. He discusses how absorbing internal conflict and cultural issues contributes to emotional burden and executive isolation.
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“And in, in my position, You know, you get to know all the shit that happens, most of the shit that happens in the company, and all the bad rumors, and all this guy did this, and this is not good for our culture, everything. It comes, and many times you don't even, cannot even action, but it poisons your mind, somehow. So all this, you have to deal with all this negativity, and in the end, being the, This is why when someone says it's lonely to be the CEO of the company, because eventually all the shit, you know.”
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