How Will You Measure Your Life?

Harvard Business Review Classics

Clayton M. Christensen

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Harvard Business School
07 March 2017

Psychology; Management & management techniques; Advice on careers & achieving success

Series: Harvard Business Review Classics

"Harvard Business School's Clayton M. Christensen teaches aspiring MBAs how to apply management and innovation theories to build stronger companies. But he also believes that these models can help people lead better lives. In this book, he explains how by exploring questions everyone needs to ask: How can I be happy in my career? How can I be sure that my relationship with my family is an enduring source of happiness? How can I live my life with integrity?

The answer to the first question comes from Frederick Herzberg's assertion that the most powerful motivator isn't money; it's the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, contribute, and be recognized. Management isn't about buying, selling, and investing in companies, as many think. The principles of resource allocation can help people attain happiness at home. If not managed masterfully, what emerges from a firm's resource allocation process can be very different from the strategy management intended to follow.

That's true in life too: If you're not guided by a clear sense of purpose, you're likely to fritter away your time and energy on obtaining the most tangible, short-term signs of achievement, not what's really important to you. And just as a focus on marginal costs can cause bad corporate decisions, it can lead people astray. The marginal cost of doing something wrong ""just this once"" always seems alluringly low. You don't see the end result to which that path leads. The key is to define what you stand for and draw the line in a safe place."

By: Clayton M. Christensen
Imprint: Harvard Business School
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 165mm, Width: 107mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 56g
ISBN: 9781633692565
ISBN 10: 1633692566
Series: Harvard Business Review Classics
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 07 March 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In addition to authoring a number of highly influential Harvard Business Review articles, he is the author of eight critically acclaimed books, including the bestsellers The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution, How Will You Measure Your Life?, and Disrupting Class. Christensen is the cofounder of Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and the Innosight Institute, a nonprofit think tank. He has twice topped the global Thinkers50 list, in 2011 and 2013. Author social media/website info: claytonchristensen.com