In the 25-year-old Satya Nadella, when he applied for a job and received an interview schedule, he regretted that he had failed to show the judges what really matters. With his success: sympathy.
Empathy is the only thing that is created and tempered through the experience of your life, it is not the talent available to anyone. his life through the eyes of others, "he shared.
The head of Microsoft thinks that empathy can make you a better parent, a more impressive colleague, and a more effective partner.
Before starting the 22-year-old Microsoft partnership, Nadella received a question in an interview: "What would you do if you saw a baby in the street crying after falling?"
The young man in his 20s tried to approach the question in the eyes of an engineer.
"I think this is a very difficult question, and in my usual sense," I said, "I'll call 911." But the manager stood up and left the room and me. "That's exactly the short answer."
The manager told Nadella, "If you see a baby falling, pick it up and hold it in your lap.""And I was tormented by what I thought as well as what I said. How did I not realize that?" Nadella said.
Only a few years later, at the age of 29, Nadella has received another deep lesson about empathy: his first child, Zain, was born with severe brain damage and a risk of cerebral palsy.
Nadella focused on questions like "Why does this happen to us? What the hell is going on with me?" However, after Zain was born, he finally realized that nothing really happened to him.
"There really was something for my son. It was time for me to stand up and see life through my eyes and do what I should do as a father."
Empathy is not only important to the success of an individual but also applies in business.
"Most people think empathy is just one thing that you have for your life, family and friends, but in fact it is the most perfect key to sustaining the survival of a business. That's why I think empathy is the core of innovation and life experience, "Nadella told Bloomberg in 2017.
