Satya Nadella is an American business executive of Indian descent. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014. Before becoming CEO, he was Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s cloud and enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company’s computing platforms, developer tools, and cloud computing services. May his quotes inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “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 Nadella
2. “The view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life.” Satya Nadella
3. “Microsoft is the productivity and Platform Company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.” Satya Nadella
4. “This notion of universal Windows apps is a very powerful concept because we’re now aggregating the 300-plus-million-socket run rate of Windows into one opportunity for our developers.” Satya Nadella
5. “Success can cause people to unlearn the habits that made them successful in the first place.” Satya Nadella
6. “I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.” Satya Nadella
7. “A leader must see the external opportunities and the internal capability and culture, and all of the connections among them and respond to them before they become obvious parts of the conventional wisdom.” Satya Nadella
8. “The way I measure my life is – Am I better than I was last year?” Satya Nadella
9. “The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster, and continue to transform.” Satya Nadella
10. “Over the next 10 years, we’ll reach a point where nearly everything has become digitized.” Satya Nadella
11. “Sure, in this age of continuous updates and always-on technologies, hitting refresh may sound quaint, but still when it’s done right, when people and cultures re-create and refresh, a renaissance can be the result.” Satya Nadella
12. “There is something only a CEO uniquely can do, which is set that tone, which can then capture the soul of the collective.” Satya Nadella
13. “Passion, toil, and training can help you to soar.” Satya Nadella
14. “We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work.” Satya Nadella
15. “What was true then and what is true now is that we create technology so others can create more technology.” Satya Nadella
16. “Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. It becomes even more critical that you have the learning ‘bit’ always switched on.” Satya Nadella
17. “Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.” Satya Nadella
18. “The question is: How are you able to organize your information, your tasks, and get stuff done spanning those different roles? Nobody lives in isolation.” Satya Nadella
19. “Learning to fly is not pretty but flying is.” Satya Nadella
20. “We needed to build deeper empathy for our customers and their unarticulated and unmet needs. It was time to hit refresh.” Satya Nadella
21. “If you are going to have a risk-taking culture, you can’t really look at every failure as a failure, you’ve got to be able to look at the failure as a learning opportunity.” Satya Nadella
22. “When I think about my career, my successes are built on learning from failures.” Satya Nadella
23. “Be passionate and bold.“ Satya Nadella
24. “We needed to convert Nietzsche’s courage in the face of reality, into courage in the face of opportunity.” Satya Nadella
25. “Technologies will come and go, so you need to be able to both ask and answer the question: What do you do as a company, why do you exist?” Satya Nadella
26. “I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work.” Satya Nadella
27. “Believe me, my journey has not been a simple journey of progress. There have been many ups and downs, and it is the choices that I made at each of those times that have helped shape what I have achieved.” Satya Nadella
28. “Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources, and perseverance. Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance.” Satya Nadella
29. “I’m also grounded in our challenges, in fact, that’s the adventure which creates the competitive zeal in me to do great work.” Satya Nadella
30. “Our industry does not respect tradition. It only respects innovation.” Satya Nadella
31. ” This is a software-powered world.” Satya Nadella
32. “I don’t want to fight old battles. I want to find new ones.” Satya Nadella
33. “LinkedIn was an amazing deal for us to do because of their mission.” Satya Nadella
34. “We want to empower people.” Satya Nadella
