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Bernard Looney

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2022-03-22
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  1. “Well, they haven't held you back. Look, I think you always think. Am I going to get found out one day? And you do think that. And I think at some level, that certain self-doubt is a positive and it keeps me going. It keeps me challenging myself. You have to be careful not to let it paralyze you. But there is a hunger to do well, and I think I do put it down to my mother and how we grew up. So I feel very fortunate.”

    2022-03-22 · In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · Bernard Looney CEO of BP · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  2. “It is a good book, actually, because we talk about my upbringing, which is, I guess you would describe it as not being born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, but I think it's also easy to forget that in life. I think we're all very privileged and I'm certainly very privileged in the life I lead today. And I think that book was a great reminder of why society sometimes looks upon business with suspicion. And it's important to be reminded of that. And that's why I like that book.”

    2022-03-22 · In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · Bernard Looney CEO of BP · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  3. “Oh, when I was growing up, it was silly books probably like the Secret Seven and the famous five and so on. More recently, I read a book. Winners take hole.”

    2022-03-22 · In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · Bernard Looney CEO of BP · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  4. “Mothers are, I think, amazing. And I think my mother died in 2014. And I miss her. She had a very hard life, I think. There were no holidays. There weren't much luxury. She worked as hard as my father did physically, and she was all about her children. And I certainly felt that. And it was that push on education. You know, I remember her getting me to read and read and read and read. And she said, if you read, if you can read, you can do anything.”

    2022-03-22 · In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · Bernard Looney CEO of BP · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  5. “I was the youngest of five. I say I was a mistake. Americans where I live for a while say you can't say that. That's too negative. You've got to say you're a surprise. But I tell them that if they hang out with me long enough, they'll realize mistake is actually not a bad expression. But no, we grew up in a small farm. Sold notes to the creamery. We had our own milk, our own potatoes, our own meat. And my mother believed in education, and that education was a route to a better life. And probably against my better judgment, she sent me off to university. I wanted to go to America and work in the building sites because that's what you did around where I grew up.”

    2022-03-22 · In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · Bernard Looney CEO of BP · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  6. “We've all been holed up for two years, and we updated, just to give you one example, we updated our strategy last week and our results. And it was the first time in two years that I actually presented our results in person. And for many reasons, I just felt so much better after the presentation. And I think part of it was the fact that I was in a room and I could feel the energy and the audience and it helps me to be live, so to speak, as opposed to being stuck behind the screen. So I thought we'd do it face to face.”

    2022-03-22 · In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · Bernard Looney CEO of BP · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  7. “Have indeed. I love Norway actually. I have some close friends Otto Berg, who's a close friend of mine, is from Oslo. My best friend growing up married a Norwegian, and they're married in Stavanger. I've been to Prekestolen. And one of my favorite... Restaurants in the world is tango in Stavanger down on the harbor. Sounds good.”

    2022-03-22 · In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · Bernard Looney CEO of BP · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source