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How Will You Measure Your Life?

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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
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ISBN
9780062102416

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062102419
ISBN-13
9780062102416
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110996850

Product Key Features

Book Title
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Human Resources & Personnel Management, Personal Success, Personal Growth / General, Mentoring & Coaching, General, Economics / General, Personal Growth / Success
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Self-Help, Business & Economics
Author
James Allworth, Karen Dillon, Clayton M. Christensen
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.5 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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LCCN
2012-418430
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 Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
158.1
Synopsis
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., 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 Number
BF637.S4.C4996 2012

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