Carl Eschenbach, Workday co-CEO, explains his core rule: never move backward. He uses a windshield-versus-rearview-mirror metaphor to argue that looking back is dangerous and the future holds far greater opportunities than past successes.
I have this fundamental belief. I never want to go backward in anything I do in life. I always want to be going forward, right? The first rule of survival is super clear. There's nothing more dangerous than yesterday's success. And I focus on the windshield. I don't look in the rearview mirror. There's a reason that windshield's bigger than the rearview mirror, because that's the opportunity in front. And I just have this belief. It's an absolute personal belief and desire to never go backwards. Anything I do personally or professionally and always push myself to get better every day.
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