“Don’t sit waiting. Keep trying. Saying ‘Yes’ is a powerful way of making any tremendous feat possible.” Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (57) conveyed a strong message to students at a seminar held at Yonsei University on September 28th. The hour-long seminar, “Morning Chat with Google’s Eric Schmidt,” began with a 15-minute opening interview by MBC announcer Seo Hyun-jin followed by a 45-minute panel discussion between Schmidt and 5 university students. The seminar was broadcast live via internet on YouTube, operated by Google. MBC reported the news about Schmidt’s seminar at Yonsei, and will broadcast the recordings at a later date. Schmidt said that, “There are many more people using smart phones now than 4 years ago when I last visited Korea. We are connected to anyone anywhere at any time. K-Pop is a phenomenon, such as Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style,’ that stems out of Korea, but with the ability to connect to a worldwide audience, it has grown beyond that.” He asked the students, “What is the first thing you see when you wake up and the last thing you see before you go to sleep?” He answered his own question: “Your mobile phone.” He emphasized that, “The fact that the first thing we check is our mobile phones is evidence that we are living in a ‘connected’ world.” He showed off Google’s latest Nexus 7 tablet which uses Google's recent version of their Android operating system, the Jellybean. Although it was his third visit to Korea, Schmidt’s seminar at Yonsei was the first ever at a university. Some 700 students attended it, some sitting on the stairs and others standing near the doors. Schmidt’s talk not only attracted students from Yonsei, but also students and professors from other universities, proving Korea’s keen interest in Google. He also met Korean singer Psy the day before the seminar on September 27th. He said that Psy taught him to do the ‘horse dance,’ noting that he “met the world’s most famous person in Korea.” The audience laughed out loud when the article about the meeting in a newspaper was displayed on stage showing Schmidt and Psy doing the ‘horse dance’ together. Schmidt advised that, “It is important to know what it is exactly that you want to do. And you should also listen to your friends’ and other people’s opinions.” In regard to the question about being a good CEO, he said that, “When decision-making, talk to your employees first and discuss everyone’s ideas openly before actually coming to a decision.” He also gave unconventional advice to aspiring students, such as “Follow someone who seems crazy about something” and “Follow someone who is smarter than you.” A student suggested cooperation between Google and Yonsei. To the suggestion, Schmidt replied, “I will think about it. However, there will not be an announcement any time soon.” On a final note, Schmidt said that, “In order to increase your competitiveness on a global level, get a passport, buy a plane ticket and go out to see and experience the world for yourself. Do not think just within Seoul and Korea, but expand your vision.” Before the seminar, Schmidt and Yonsei University President Jeong Kap-young had a cup of coffee at the President’s office. His first time on Yonsei school grounds, Schmidt could not help admiring the campus landscape. Schmidt also gave President Jeong an oil-painting with the letters of Google drawn on it as a present. Schmidt, previously CTO at Sun Microsystems, lead the invention of Java, the programming language of the time. After that, he was CEO of Nobel-winning firm LINUX until he started working at Google in 2001. He was named Executive Chairman in January 2011 in addition to his current position as chairman of the board of directors.