How Will You Measure Your Life?

By: Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth

Narrated by: Jeff Woodman

Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

In 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.

The 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.

In 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 personal relationships 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.

How Will You Measure Your Life? is full of inspiration and wisdom, and will help students, midcareer professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment.

©2012 Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers

Probably best book I have ever read!

Well written and narrated book. Plenty of eye opening perspectives from family and business relationships. I think everyone should read this book. No matter where you live, what's your background or education.

The Intricate Balance!

In fact one of the most crucial elemements of todays family life is obtaining the true balance between our personal and family lives and our careers which gets lost in this intricate maze!
Dr. Clay Christensen raises this alarm which is destroying the fabric of the modern civilizaton while providing the strategic solution to overcome this delicate and intricate balance.

Wow. What a book.

This is an extremely raw, self reflecting, self challenging book that I recommend to any young aspiring professional. Establishing a moral basis for the rest of your career will start at the end of this book.

A good mix of business & ethics analysis.

Beginning and final two chapters about likeness, purpose and metrics were most meaningful. Personal experiences and businesses cases support the principles very well. A very good book that I will recommend to others.

Phenomenal

I liked the theories he presented to help us measure our performance and set goals.

Must read for anyone

It will focus you, your family and your business!
Take the time to read this book!

must listen

Profound! This book has information that is critical to you deciding who you want to be.

I Found This Book to Be Generally Helpful to Me

I found this book to be generally helpful to me. I can at least use it to do a lot of things.

Only need the last 20 minutes

For the most part, this book mines the lessons of business strategy to guide an individual’s choices regarding their family. Could re-title it, “An MBA’s guide to work/life balance.”

The last twenty minutes is what I found actually answers the question posed in the title. Worth the read.

An Excellent Guide on how to Live a Successful AND Happy Life

I cannot give too high of a recommendation for this book. It shares the keys to being happy and successful without being over proscriptive.