Clayton Christensen Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Every time you take someone figuratively by the hand and introduce him or her to Jesus Christ, you will feel how deeply our Savior loves you and loves the person whose hand is in yours.”
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“The path I am trying so hard to follow is in fact the one that God my Father and His Son Jesus Christ want me to pursue. It has brought me deep happiness.”
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“Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success.”
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“Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time.”
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“Disruptive innovations create jobs, efficiency innovations destroy them.”
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“Don't worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people.”
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“Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven't asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go. It hits your mind and bounces right off. You have to ask the question - you have to want to know - in order to open up the space for the answer to fit.”
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“I've concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn't dollars, but the individual people whose lives I've touched. I think that's the way it will work for us all. Don't worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people.”
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“Breaking an old business model is always going to require leaders to follow their instinct. There will always be persuasive reasons not to take a risk. But if you only do what worked in the past, you will wake up one day and find that you’ve been passed by.”
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“Intimate, loving, and enduring relationships with our family and close friends will be among the sources of the deepest joy in our lives.”
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“You can talk all you want about having a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented.”
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“You can't find returns in investments you haven't made.”
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“Because if the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person.”
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“Steve Jobs and Apple taught us that profit is not the ultimate goal, but rather a consequence of something greater.”
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“When I have my interview with my God, our conversation will focus on the individuals whose self-esteem I was able to strengthen, whose faith I was able to reinforce, and whose discomfort I was able to assuage—a doer of good, regardless of what assignment I had. These are the metrics of that matter in measuring my life. This realization, which occurred nearly fifteen years ago, guided me every day to seek opportunities to help people in ways tailored to their individual circumstances. My happiness and my sense of worth has been immeasurably improved as a result.”
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“There are more than 9,000 billing codes for individual procedures and units of care. But there is not a single billing code for patient adherence or improvement, or for helping patients stay well.”
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“I've concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn't dollars but the individual people whose lives I've touched.”
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“Doing deals doesn't yield the deep rewards that come from building up people.”
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“You may hate gravity, but gravity doesn't care.”
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“We decided that humility was defined not by self-deprecating behavior or attitudes but by the esteem with which you regard others... Generally, you can be humble only if you feel really good about yourself - and you want to help those around you feel really good about themselves, too.”
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“Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.”
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“...it's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.”
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“Innovation almost always is not successful the first time out. You try something and it doesn't work and it takes confidence to say we haven't failed yet. Ultimately you become commercially successful.”
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“My conclusion: Management is the most noble of professions if it's practiced well. No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and grow, take responsibility and be recognized for achievement, and contribute to the success of a team.”
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“If you defer investing your time and energy until you see that you need to, chances are it will already be too late.”
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“Motivation is the catalyzing ingredient for every successful innovation. The same is true for learning.”
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“There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too.”
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“Only the general manager can mold the resources, processes, and values that affect innovation , into a coherent capability to develop and launch superior new products and services repeatedly.”
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“Innovation simply isn't as unpredictable as many people think. There isn't a cookbook yet, but we're getting there.”
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“Christine and I haven't raised our children. A whole community of selfless Christians has contributed to helping them become faithful, competent adults.”
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