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A review by fairchildone
How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen
3.0
This was an expansion of Christensen's commencement address. The reason I give this a 3 is because I don't think the address really needed expanding. Some of it was repetitive, and sometimes I think his analogies between business principles and living life weren't quite there. If the book existed independent of the original address, I'd gladly give it a 4.
However, that said, lots of important lessons to take away from the book/speech. I think the most important takeaway is simply to think about how you will live your life: what are the values you will espouse, what is your purpose, how will you achieve your goals? The book gives us some tools to tackle those questions, and there's value in simply asking the reader to confront those questions. Reading the book with my wife led to interesting discussion--time well spent.
However, that said, lots of important lessons to take away from the book/speech. I think the most important takeaway is simply to think about how you will live your life: what are the values you will espouse, what is your purpose, how will you achieve your goals? The book gives us some tools to tackle those questions, and there's value in simply asking the reader to confront those questions. Reading the book with my wife led to interesting discussion--time well spent.