How Will You Measure Your Life?

by Clayton M. Christensen

But instead of telling him what to think, I taught him how to think.

because data is only available about the past.

there are many times in life where we simply cannot afford to learn on the job. You don’t want to have to go through multiple marriages to learn how to be a good spouse.

Solving the challenges in your life requires a deep understanding of what causes what to happen.

Great point

There are a determined few who never lose sight of aspiring to do something that’s truly meaningful to them.

So true

A strategy? At a basic level, a strategy is what you want to achieve and how you will get there.

Strategy Goal

The following chapters are all designed to help you leverage these concepts in answering the question “How can I find happiness in my career?”

It’s impossible to have a meaningful conversation about happiness without understanding what makes each of us tick. When we find ourselves stuck in unhappy careers—and even unhappy lives—it is often the result of a fundamental misunderstanding of what really motivates us.