Like anyone else, a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall life experience. Many who know me say I am also defined by my curiosity and thirst for learning. I buy more books than I can finish. I sign up for more online courses than I can complete. I fundamentally believe that if you are not learning new things, you stop doing great and useful things. So family, curiosity and hunger for knowledge all define me.

Corruption wins not more than honesty. read more

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Cousin to cousin we"ll always be, Special friends from the same family tree. read more

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When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us read more

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Things don"t have to change the world to be important. read more

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It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought. read more

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The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster and continue to transform. A big part of my job is to accelerate our ability to bring innovative products to our customers more quickly. read more

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A lot of people are joking about the Windows 10 error message that says 'Something Happened'. Well, that's not on me. My original idea was to not have any errors at all, and for the operating system to be called Windows RT ME One. read more

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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? read more

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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. read more

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One of the key things in the tech business in particular is that you need to be able to push boundaries. read more

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