How Will You Measure Your Life? by James Allworth, Karen Dillon and Clayton M. Christensen (2012, Hardcover)

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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100062102419
ISBN-139780062102416
eBay Product ID (ePID)110996850

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Book TitleHow Will You Measure Your Life?
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHuman Resources & Personnel Management, Personal Success, Personal Growth / General, Mentoring & Coaching, General, Economics / General, Personal Growth / Success
Publication Year2012
GenreSelf-Help, Business & Economics
AuthorJames Allworth, Karen Dillon, Clayton M. Christensen
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight11.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in

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LCCN2012-418430
Reviews'[A] highly engaging and intensely revealing work'.Spiritual without being preachy, this work is especially relevant for young people embarking on their career, but also useful for anyone who wants to live a more meaningful life in accordance with their values.' (Publishers Weekly), I wish this book was around when I started my carreer. I bought copies for my kids and other young adults I know. $16 is not a lot to spend to get them thinking about their future and how to live responsible, ethical and successful lives., [M]ore genuinely a self-help book than the genre it disparages. Instead of force-feeding readers with orders on how to improve, it aims to give them the tools to set their own course, [A] highly engaging and intensely revealing work….Spiritual without being preachy, this work is especially relevant for young people embarking on their career, but also useful for anyone who wants to live a more meaningful life in accordance with their values., The book encapsulates Christensen's best advice to keep high achievers from being disrupted in their own lives....[P]rovocative but reassuring: Peter Drucker meets Mitch Albom., "[A] highly engaging and intensely revealing work....Spiritual without being preachy, this work is especially relevant for young people embarking on their career, but also useful for anyone who wants to live a more meaningful life in accordance with their values." -- Publishers Weekly "The book encapsulates Christensen's best advice to keep high achievers from being disrupted in their own lives....[P]rovocative but reassuring: Peter Drucker meets Mitch Albom." -- Bloomberg Businessweek "[M]ore genuinely a self-help book than the genre it disparages. Instead of force-feeding readers with orders on how to improve, it aims to give them the tools to set their own course" -- Financial Times "[W]ell researched and thought through material. -- Forbes "...a gripping personal story with lessons from business mixed in." -- Bloomberg BusinessWeek "...Clayton Christensen's new book has the business world buzzing." -- Deseret News "Recommend the book to friends and family who have no connection to the business world. They will thank you for it." -- Harvard Business Review ''A Business Student's New Required Reading'' -- Huffington Post "[R]evealing and profound." -- Inc. Magazine "I wish this book was around when I started my carreer. I bought copies for my kids and other young adults I know. $16 is not a lot to spend to get them thinking about their future and how to live responsible, ethical and successful lives." -- Small Business Labs, Recommend the book to friends and family who have no connection to the business world. They will thank you for it.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal158.1
SynopsisFrom the world's leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma , Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma , notably the only business book that Apple's Steve Jobs said "deeply influenced" him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen's A Short Guide to a Happy Life , Christensen's How Will You Measure Your Life is with a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights designed to help any reader--student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child--forge their own paths to fulfillment., From the world's leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple's Steve Jobs said "deeply influenced" him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen's A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Christensen's How Will You Measure Your Life is with a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights designed to help any reader-student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child-forge their own paths to fulfillment., From the world's leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple's Steve Jobs said "deeply influenced" him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen's A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Christensen's How Will You Measure Your Life is with a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights designed to help any reader--student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child--forge their own paths to fulfillment., From the world s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator s Dilemma , Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen s The Innovator s Dilemma , notably the only business book that Apple s Steve Jobs said deeply influenced him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch s The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen s A Short Guide to a Happy Life , Christensen s How Will You Measure Your Life is with a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights designed to help any reader student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child forge their own paths to fulfillment."
LC Classification NumberBF637.S4.C4996 2012

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