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.
Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?
You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
Comebacks don't seem likely when your back is up against the wall and your hope is depleted. But if you will stay the course, you will discover God's power to reverse the irreversible in your life.
Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
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