{"product_id":"how-will-you-measure-your-life-isbn-9780062102416","title":"How Will You Measure Your Life?","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the world’s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Innovator’s Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e, Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom, offering a powerful business philosophy for life. Christensen’s \u003ci\u003eThe Innovator’s Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e, notably the only business book that Apple’s Steve Jobs said \"deeply influenced\" him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch’s \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lecture \u003c\/i\u003eand Anna Quindlen’s \u003ci\u003eA Short Guide to a Happy Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Christensen’s \u003ci\u003eHow Will You Measure Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights for personal development, designed to help any reader—student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child—forge their own paths to fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplying the same world-renowned theories he used to predict disruption in business, Christensen provides powerful decision-making strategies to help you answer life’s most important questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFinding Happiness in Your Career:\u003c\/b\u003e Go beyond the myth that incentives are the same as motivation to discover what truly makes you tick and find a job you will love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Strategy for Your Life:\u003c\/b\u003e Learn when to stick to a deliberate plan and when to embrace unexpected opportunities to create a life strategy that actually works.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDeepening Personal Relationships:\u003c\/b\u003e Understand why investing in your relationships with your spouse, children, and friends is the most important long-term investment you will ever make.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLiving with Integrity:\u003c\/b\u003e See how the trap of marginal thinking can lead to compromising your values, and why it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than 98% of the time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a powerful speech to the Harvard Business School's graduating class. Drawing upon his business research, he offered a series of guidelines for finding meaning and happiness in life. He used examples from his own experiences to explain how high achievers can all too often fall into traps that lead to unhappiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe speech was memorable not only because it was deeply revealing but also because it came at a time of intense personal reflection: Christensen had just overcome the same type of cancer that had taken his father's life. As Christensen struggled with the disease, the question \"How do you measure your life?\" became more urgent and poignant, and he began to share his insights more widely with family, friends, and students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, Christensen puts forth a series of questions: How can I be sure that I'll find satisfaction in my career? How can I be sure that my personalrelationships become enduring sources of happiness? How can I avoid compromising my integrity—and stay out of jail? Using lessons from some of the world's greatest businesses, he provides incredible insights into these challenging questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Will You Measure Your Life?\u003c\/em\u003e is full of inspiration and wisdom, and will help students, midcareer professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A brilliant teacher, Christensen brings clarity to a muddled and chaotic world of education.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great and Great by Choice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book encapsulates Christensen’s best advice to keep high achievers from being disrupted in their own lives....[P]rovocative but reassuring: Peter Drucker meets Mitch Albom.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[M]ore genuinely a self-help book than the genre it disparages. Instead of force-feeding readers with orders on how to improve, it aims to give them the tools to set their own course” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[W]ell researched and thought through material. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“…a gripping personal story with lessons from business mixed in.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloomberg BusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“…Clayton Christensen’s new book has the business world buzzing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeseret News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Recommend the book to friends and family who have no connection to the business world. They will thank you for it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I wish this book was around when I started my carreer.  I bought copies for my kids and other young adults I know. $16 is not a lot to spend to get them thinking about their future and how to live responsible, ethical and successful lives.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall Business Labs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘’A Business Student’s New Required Reading’’ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[R]evealing and profound.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInc. 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