I'm Cooler Than You. Waaay Cooler.

If We [microsoft Corporation] Weren't Still Hiring Great People And Pushing Ahead At Full Speed, It Would Be Easy To Fall Behind And Become A Mediocre Company. Fear Should Guide You, But It Should Be Latent. I Have Some Latent Fear. I Consider Failure On A Regular Basis.

Setting Clear Goals And Finding Measures That Will Mark Progress Toward Them Can Improve The Human Condition.

I Reboot [my Windows Pc] Every Night.

I Spend A Lot Of Time Reading.

I Set A Rule That People Weren't Allowed To Send Good News Unless They Sent Around An Equal Amount Of Bad News. We Had To Get A Balanced Picture. In Fact, I Kind Of Favored Just Hearing About The Accounts We Were Losing Because ... Bad News Is Generally More Actionable Than Good News.