How Will You Measure Your Life was compiled from a speech given to students graduating from the Harvard Business School. Known for its pragmatic view to life, this book has been widely read by students in business schools, businessmen, corporate employees and by many others. The book deals with the basic questions in life, like how to be happy during the various phases life offers. The book shows a multi-faceted path to achieving the happiness that everyone craves for, from situations one faces and to the balance one needs to create in life.
Product Details
- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Harpercollins; 1ST edition (10 May 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0007490542
- ISBN-13: 978-0007490547
- Product Dimensions: 29 x 20 x 3 cm
About the Author
The authors of the book are Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon. Clayton is a professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School. It was his speech to the outgoing students that inspired this book. James is a director at Medallia and a writer at Harvard Business Review. Karen was the editor of Harvard Business Review. She has been an editor of Inc Magazine and an American law magazine. Clayton's other famous books are The Innovator's Dilemma, Seeing What's Next and Disrupting Class.
Review
“If you're ready to get deep, real quick, you need to read Clay Christensen's new book, How Will You Measure Your Life?, co-written with James Allworth, a consultant and Harvard MBA, and Karen Dillon, former editor of the Harvard Business Review. It mixes tested business theories and a heap of common sense. It's one of the more surprisingly powerful books of personal philosophy of the 21st century.”
Forbes“How Will You Measure Your Life? is an intriguing paradox. A self-help book that is not a self-help book, based on rigorous research but enlivened by anecdotes about the experiences of a man who is hailed as a model by his students. It neatly reverses the technique of those business bestsellers that use the lives and careers of great leaders – from Attila the Hun to General George Patton – to lay down timeless rules for corporate executives.”
Financial Times“[A] highly engaging and intensely revealing work….Spiritual without being preachy, this work is especially relevant for young people embarking on their career, but also useful for anyone who wants to live a more meaningful life in accordance with their values.”
Publishers Weekly“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.” Bloomberg Businessweek
Praise for The Innovator’s Dilemma:
"Addresses a tough problem that most successful companies will face eventually. It's lucid, analytical-and scary."
Dr. Andrew S. Grove, Chairman, Intel Corporation"The Innovator's Dilemma is absolutely brilliant. Clayton Christensen provides an insightful analysis of changing technology and its importance to a company's future success. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in business or entrepreneurship."
Michael R. Bloomberg, CEO and Founder, Bloomberg Financial Markets
