If you don't have a real stake in the new, then just surviving on the old - even if it is about efficiency - I don't think is a long-term game.
Satya NadellaRead
Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.
Interpretation
Success in business requires adaptability and innovation.
This quote emphasizes that in the ever-evolving landscape of business, individuals and organizations must embrace change and continually reinvent themselves to stay relevant and successful. Satya Nadella points out that those who can both adapt to new circumstances and envision the future will thrive in their careers and industries.
In practice
In a business seminar discussing strategies for long-term success.
If you don't have a real stake in the new, then just surviving on the old - even if it is about efficiency - I don't think is a long-term game.
You look at marketing: everything that's happening in marketing is digitized. Everything that's happening in finance is digitized. So pretty much every industry, every function in every industry, has a huge element that's driven by information technology. It's no longer discrete.
What matters is 'Have you done a better job of making our experiences feel like home on Windows?' That's our real goal, and that's what we're going to stay focused on.
If you don't jump on the new, you don't survive.
I want everyone inside of Microsoft to take that responsibility. This is not about top-line growth. This is not about bottom-line growth. This is about us individually having a growth mindset.
At Microsoft, we're aspiring to have a living, learning culture with a growth mindset that allows us to learn from ourselves and our customers. These are the key attributes of the new culture at Microsoft, and I feel great about how it seems to be resonating and how it's seen as empowering.
If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you'll be ineffective. If you're disciplined enough, you don't get down when you're behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
I hope I work effectively, but I never feel I have exhausted what I should be doing... I believe we have a responsibility to be a good influence on others.
Faith makes it possible to achieve that which man's mind can conceive and believe.
I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.
I was raised with the idea that you can feel sorry for yourself, but then, get over it, because it doesn't get you anywhere. There was always this awareness that you have to be responsible for yourself in order to have what you want
My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
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