How Will You Measure Your Life? Book Reviews

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An amazingly readable, structured framework for life decisions. In short: Christensen's academic work is best-in-class because its relevance transcends industries, business sizes, and even borders. Here, Professor Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon have shown that his theories also transcend the traditional boundaries expected from business (and even self-help) literature. It's an academic, personal, and spiritual tour that can't help but organize and transform the way you live your life. In writing this book, the co-authors faced several significant challenges: First, to take a message so powerfully delivered and passionate (I was lucky to be one of those in attendance for his talk to the graduating class of 2010) and successfully transcribe the intense emotions therein into the written medium. Second, to capture the essence and the totality of Christensen's accomplishments in a way that does them justice, while at the same time enabling the reader to replace his superhuman feats with their own decisions and struggles, (try as I might, I'll never be the center for Oxford's basketball team...). Finally, to distill a rigorous and structured academic framework for making decisions about one's life into an accessible, influential, and actionable message for the masses, (try as I might, I'll never be a Rhodes Scholar...). The ultimate challenge was to craft a message interweaving Christensen's life, teachings, philosophy, and accomplishments into one unified, understandable, and teachable narrative - and this book delivers. I highly recommend!

Dare to try. This book could change your life.

Business related. Anecdotal business stories with limited life application. C-.

Practical and valuable. Offers valuable insight into improving the quality of one's life through the application of business management theories. It's very practical and provides meaningful insight.

Good Read. A friend and co-worker encouraged me to read this because we are both at critical points early on in our careers that require important decisions for us and our families. This book really helped him in his decision making process regarding grad school. I found it helpful but would not put it on the same level as 7 Habits, As a Man Thinketh, or The Law. Dr. Christiansen's life experiences are inspiring and I definitely see how this could be influential for many people. His parallels between management theories and life are well thought out. Worth the read.

Excellent. As a 27 year old about to start a family, this book made me think of how I want relate my family and career in the near future.

Good principals to ground your thinking and focus. Good set of principals to help focus your thinking in both business and personal matters.

A new lens for the way you live your life. This book is a must-read for anyone afraid of disrupting their own lives. Christensen, Allworth, and Dillon, provide an insightful, practical, and analytical framework that will give you a new lens upon which to approach the decisions you face in your day-to-day life. Like Professor Christensen himself, it is not a 'preachy' read, rather, it is a humble, sincere, inclusive, and honest guide to asking the right questions when faced with decisions both big and small in your life. It is a delight and surprising page turner as the authors outline how business strategy can be applied to larger questions of meaning. We don't usually give as much thought to the analytical framework of our own lives as we do in our professional capacities, this book will get you on your way to focusing your energy and critical thinking on a work-life balance that is both satisfying and rewarding. Part Randy Pausch, Mitch Albom, and Jim Collins, whether graduating from school, becoming a parent, or sending your kids off to college, this read is worthy of your time and attention.

How You Will Measure Your Life. A nice message that can be applied immediately. Nothing exceptional, but a good quick read. A question that anyone with a religious background should ask of themselves, and seek the answer in the bible.

Great Reminder. This book took us through a journey on how to measure our life & finding a purpose that will guide you through your days!

Thanks. I absolutely love this book. So much wisdom and knowledge from these honorable authors. I feel inspired and uplifted to live a purposeful life.

A life-changing book. This book has had a profound impact on my life. The ideas behind finding a job that’s rewarding, being happy in family life and staying away from serious failure have been super helpful for me.

An Education of a Lifetime in this Book. I have spent a lifetime reading so many books of this type, but no book has touched me and resonated with me as much as this book has. Each chapter starts off as a business lesson that is later applied to your personal life. There are so many useful examples that it is too hard here to do justice to them all without writing a book in this review. I plan purchase three more copies, one for each one of my children so they too as young adults can be exposed to this wonderful book. Many of the ideas contained in this book should be taught in our schools and I believe the impact would be profound.

How will you measure your Life?. One of the the best books I ever read. Thank you.

I won’t. I’ll be gone. I won’t.

Life more important than business. We spend most of our energy on promoting our career and our business. This book gives great perspective to how we can use the same strategies that we use in our business to create a robust life for ourselves and for our children.

Left me thinking very deeply. Like many good self help books this book is full of brilliant ideas that I can apply. But what I liked most about this book is that it left me with very important questions to ponder upon. The context in which these questions are posed makes them even more powerful and profound.

Life-changing book. I finished this one day after purchasing it. I now have new theories to apply -- that I am excited to apply -- to my own life and to my family and to my career. This is truly a life-changing book. I feel deeply indebted to the authors for their insight and for new paths that my life will take as I apply these theories -- these truths.

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