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How Will You Measure Your Life?

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How Will You Measure Your Life? by Karen Dillon, Clayton Christensen, and James Allworth delves into finding happiness and success through personal and professional choices. It provides insights from business and academic theories, presenting guidance on aligning career ambitions with personal values, and fostering stronger relationships while maintaining integrity and purpose. This book encourages readers to evaluate their life direction and priorities to achieve true fulfillment.
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You might enjoy this book if you are looking for profound insights on achieving personal success and fulfillment. It provides actionable guidance on navigating life's challenges while aligning with personal values and priorities. If you appreciate thoughtful narratives and practical advice on finding happiness in your career, relationships, and personal life, this book could be a valuable read.

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How do you lead a fulfilling life? That profound question animates this book of inspiration and insight from world-class business strategist and bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen.

A thought-provoking approach to measuring life's success

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How do you lead a fulfilling life? That profound question animates this book of inspiration and insight from world-class business strategist and bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen.

After beating a heart attack, advanced-stage cancer, and a stroke in three successive years, the world-renowned innovation expert and author of one of the bestselling and most influential business books of all time – The Innovator’s Dilemma – Clayton M. Christensen delivered a short but powerful speech to the Harvard Business School graduating class. He presented a set of personal guidelines that have helped him find meaning and happiness in his life – a challenge even the brightest and most motivated of students find daunting.

Akin to The Last Lecture in its revelatory perspective following life-altering events, that speech subsequently became a hugely popular article in the Harvard Business Review and is now a groundbreaking book. It puts forth a series of questions and models for success that have long been applied in the world of business, but also can be used to find cogent answers to pressing life questions: How can I be sure that I’ll find satisfaction in my career? How can I be sure that my relationships with my spouse, my family, and my close friends become enduring sources of happiness? How can I avoid compromising my integrity (and stay out of jail)?

How Will You Measure Your Life? is a highly original, surprising book from a singular business figure. It’s a book sure to inspire and educate readers – companies and individuals, students of business, mid-career professionals, and even parents – the world over.

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How Will You Measure Your Life? is praised for combining rigorous business theories with practical insights on personal fulfilment. Reviewers note its blend of philosophical depth and common sense, with engaging anecdotes to illustrate ideas. The book is appreciated for offering guidance on living a meaningful life that aligns with one's values, appealing especially to young professionals at the start of their careers.

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About the Author

Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. In addition to his most recent book, How Will You Measure Your Life, he is the author of seven critically-acclaimed books, including several New York Times bestsellers — The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution and most recently, Disrupting Class. Christensen is the co-founder of Innosight, a management consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and the Innosight Institute, a non-profit think tank. In 2011, he was named the world’s most influential business thinker by Thinkers50.

A native of Australia, James Allworth is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, where he was named a Baker Scholar, and the Australian National University. He writes regularly for the Harvard Business Review. He has previously worked at Booz & Company, and Apple.

Karen Dillon was Editor of the Harvard Business Review until 2011. She previously served as deputy editor of Inc magazine and was editor and publisher of the critically-acclaimed American Lawyer magazine. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. In 2011, she was named by Ashoka as one of the world’s most influential and inspiring women.

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