People who have the drive to achieve spend most of their time on what brings them the most tangible, immediate sense of… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
While I wouldn't say that most entrepreneurs find it easy to get funding, there are certainly more people out there funding technology… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Growth makes management easier. In particular, it makes making labor concessions seem easy. It's when growth stops because you're being disrupted that… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
People don't actually want to think about their own health and don't take action until they are sick. Yet employers are very… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
I don't have my finger on the pulse of corruption in China, but I think most people on the ground would say… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on… — 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
