How will you measure your life?
Akin to The Last Lecture in its revelatory perspective following life-altering events, "How Will You Measure Your Life?" presents a set of personal guidelines that have helped the author find meaning and happiness in his life.
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- How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton Christensen.
He basically took business strategy and applied it to personal life and career choices.
- How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13425570-how-will-you-me...
I always feel uneasy with the notion of work-life balance. At the same time I always want more time and attention with my family. Family is part of life, work is part of life, everything you do is part of life. Why the two often appear to be opposing each other? The book offers much counsel on family, parenting and profession. Many of the business examples appeared in the book Innovation Dilemma and a talk at google https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rHdS_4GsKmg
- Read: How Will You Measure Your Life, by Clayton Christensen Man's Search For Meaning, by Victor Frankl
Look at examples of people with purpose and fulfillment in life that you admire, ask them what they do.
I recommend finding a faith community. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has amazing communities all around the world where anyone is welcome to visit and will find friendship and countless examples and help toward purpose and fulfillment.
- A book named "How will you measure your life?" by Clayton Christiansen that dives pretty deeply into the topic, among other things.
The theory presented was called "The Trap of Marginal Thinking". On the margin, it may appear to make sense to do something or push some boundary or take on some more leverage because it, on the margin, is most likely going to work out. But by doing so, we end up putting ourselves and companies in a dangerous position when looking at the whole.
- I am not sure which book I will re-read for the rest of my life, but these past few years I have read multiple times chapters from How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton Christensen and Reflections on Silver River by Ken McLeod.
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