Hit Refresh

by Satya Nadella

I discovered Buddha did not set out to found a world religion. He set out to understand why one suffers. I learned that only through living life’s ups and downs can you develop empathy; that in order not to suffer, or at least not to suffer so much, one must become comfortable with impermanence.

If you could understand impermanence deeply, you would develop more equanimity. You would not get too excited about either the ups or downs of life. And only then would you be ready to develop that deeper sense of empathy and compassion for everything around you.

It just wouldn’t be me to display that kind of personal ambition.

Why does Microsoft exist? And why do I exist in this new role? These are questions everyone in every organization should ask themselves.

Every person, organization, and even society reaches a point at which they owe it to themselves to hit refresh—to reenergize, renew, reframe, and rethink their purpose.

Seeing the Cloud Through Our Windows

On reflection, a second principle is simply the importance of putting your team first, ahead of your personal statistics and recognition.

“Our industry does not respect tradition. What it respects is innovation. It’s our collective challenge to make Microsoft thrive in a mobile-first and a cloud-first world.”

we must discover what would be lost in the world if Microsoft just disappeared.

“consistency is better than perfection.”

We wanted customers not just to use our products, but to love them.

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”