The way I ought to measure my life is in terms of the others I helped to become better and happier people.… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
I've concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn't dollars, but the individual people whose lives I've touched.… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
If we are to develop profound theory to solve the intractable problems in our societally-critical domains... we must learn to crawl into… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
We don't hire ministers or priests to teach and care for us. This forces us to teach and care for each other… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
I talk to our kids now that they are grown up, and I ask them about the experiences that had growing up… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Its actually really important that you succeed at what youre succeeding at, but that isnt going to be the measure of your… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
I've concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn't dollars but the individual people whose lives I've touched. — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
I believe that we can, in a deliberate way, articulate the kind of people we want to become. We can articulate the… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
When I have my interview with my God, our conversation will focus on the individuals whose self-esteem I was able to strengthen,… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their life purpose, they'll look back on it as… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
But actually theory is very practical. Gravity is a theory, for example. It allows you to predict that if you step off a cliff… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
In our lives and in our careers, whether we are aware of it or not, we are constantly navigating a path by deciding between… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Many of the factors that we think will cause motivation, such as fair pay and a good manager, won't make you love your job.… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
People in private equity complain that they have so much capital and so few places to invest. But you have lots of entrepreneurs trying… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
If you're successful and growing, you can manage any way you want to. Growth makes so many dimensions of management easier. It's when growth… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
A sustaining innovation makes better products that you can sell for better profits to your best customers. — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Purpose must be deliberately conceived and chosen, and then pursued. — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
The mistake that makes launching a venture expensive is when you try to make a disruptive technology so good that it can compete on… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
What you need is a fundamental humility - the belief that you can learn from anyone. — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth. — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
I think this is one reason why the Lord invented the Internet - so members can teach one another how to succeed in assignments… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Because these firms listened to their customers, invested aggressively in new technologies that would provide their customers more and better products of the sort… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image