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李开复辞职信 篇一：GOOGLECFO的辞职信 google cfo 的辞职信 2015年3月12日 15:31google cfo 的辞职信after nearly 7 years as cfo, i will be retiring from google to spend more time with my family. yeah, i know youve heard that line before. we give a lot to our jobs. i certainly did. and while i am not looking for sympathy, i want to share my thought process because so many people struggle to strike the right balance between work and personal life.this story starts last fall. a very early morning last september, after a whole night of climbing, looking at the suise on top of africa - mt kilimanjaro. tamar (my wife) and i were not only enjoying the summit, but on such a clear day, we could see in the distance, the vast plain of the serengeti at our feet, and with it the calling of all the potential adventures africa has to offer. (see exhibit #1 - tamar and i on kili). and tamar out of the blue said hey, why dont we just keep on going. lets explore africa, and then turn east to make our way to india, its just next door, and were here already. then, we keep going; the himalayas, everest, go to bali, the great barrier reef... antarctica, lets go see antarctica!? little did she know, she was tempting fate. i remember telling tamar a typical prudent cfo type response- i would love to keep going,but we have to go back. its not time yet, there is still so much to do at google, with my career, so many people counting on me/us - boards, non profits, etc but then she asked the killer question: so when is it going to be time? our time? my time? the questions just hung there in the cold morning african air.a few weeks later, i was happy back at work, but could not shake away the question: when is it time for us to just keep going? and so began a reflection on my/our life.through numerous hours of cycling last fall (my introvert happy place) i concluded on a few simple and self-evident truths: first, the kids are gone. two are in college, one graduated and in a start-up in af