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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?") QUOTES

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?") QUOTES

1 " Like employees, children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

2 " Put yourself where your strengths can produce results. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

3 " When we see people acting in an abusive, arrogant, or demeaning manner toward others, their behavior almost always is a symptom of their lack of self-esteem. They need to put someone else down to feel good about themselves. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

4 " Your decisions about allocating your personal time, energy, and talent ultimately shape your life’s strategy. I have a bunch "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

5 " Wherever there is success, there has to be failure. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

6 " organizations need to shift their emphasis from getting more out of people to investing more in them, so they are motivated—and able—to bring more of themselves to work every day. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

7 " Resilient people and companies face reality with staunchness, make meaning of hardship instead of crying out in despair, and improvise solutions from thin air. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

8 " Depressed, ruthless bosses create toxic organizations filled with negative underachievers. But if you’re an upbeat, inspirational leader, you cultivate positive employees who embrace and surmount even the toughest challenges. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

9 " Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values. Knowing where one belongs can transform an ordinary person—hardworking and competent but otherwise mediocre—into an outstanding performer. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

10 " Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people. This is my final recommendation: "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

11 " If you’re not guided by a clear sense of purpose, you’re likely to fritter away your time and energy on obtaining the most tangible, short-term signs of achievement, not what’s really important to you. And "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

12 " Do your organization’s ethics resonate with your own values? If not, your career will likely be marked by frustration and poor performance. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

13 " The lesson I learned from this is that it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

14 " emotional intelligence is carried through an organization like electricity through wires. To "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

15 " How Do I Perform? "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

16 " To work in an organization whose value system is unacceptable or incompatible with one’s own condemns a person both to frustration and to nonperformance. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

17 " ADT isn’t an illness or character defect. It’s our brains’ natural response to exploding demands on our time and attention. As data increasingly floods our brains, we lose our ability to solve problems and handle the unknown. Creativity shrivels; mistakes multiply. Some sufferers eventually melt down. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

18 " Negative emotions—especially fear—can hamper productive brain functioning. To promote positive feelings, especially during highly stressful times, interact directly with someone you like at least every four to six hours. In environments where people are in physical contact with people they trust, brain functioning hums. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

19 " Never in history has the human brain been asked to track so many data points. Everywhere, people rely on their cell phones, e-mail, and digital assistants in the race to gather and transmit data, plans, and ideas faster and faster. One could argue that the chief value of the modern era is speed, which the novelist Milan Kundera described as “the form of ecstasy that technology has bestowed upon modern man. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

20 " Fostering connections and reducing fear promote brainpower. "

― Clayton M. Christensen , HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")