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1、HowWillYouMeasureYourLife?-HarvardBusinessReview8/9/1011:47AMHowWillYouMeasureYourLife?byClaytonM.ChristensenEditorʼsNote:Whenthemembersoftheclassof2010enteredbusinessschool,theeconomywasstrongandtheirpost-graduationambitionscouldbelimitless.Justafewweekslater,theeconomywentintoatailspin.Theyʼvespe
2、ntthepasttwoyearsrecalibratingtheirworldviewandtheirdefinitionofsuccess.Thestudentsseemhighlyawareofhowtheworldhaschanged(asthesamplingofviewsinthisarticleshows).Inthespring,HarvardBusinessSchoolʼsgraduatingclassaskedHBSprofessorClayChristensentoaddressthem—butnotonhowtoapplyhisprinciplesandthinkin
3、gtotheirpost-HBScareers.Thestudentswantedtoknowhowtoapplythemtotheirpersonallives.Hesharedwiththemasetofguidelinesthathavehelpedhimfindmeaninginhisownlife.ThoughChristensenʼsthinkingcomesfromhisdeepreligiousfaith,webelievethatthesearestrategiesanyonecanuse.Andsoweaskedhimtosharethemwiththereadersof
4、HBR.TolearnmoreaboutChristensenʼswork,visithisHBRAuthorPage.BeforeIpublishedTheInnovatorʼsDilemma,IgotacallfromAndrewGrove,thenthechairmanofIntel.Hehadreadoneofmyearlypapersaboutdisruptivetechnology,andheaskedifIcouldtalktohisdirectreportsandexplainmyresearchandwhatitimpliedforIntel.Excited,Iflewto
5、SiliconValleyandshowedupattheappointedtime,onlytohaveGrovesay,“Look,stuffhashappened.Wehaveonly10minutesforyou.TelluswhatyourmodelofdisruptionmeansforIntel.”IsaidthatIcouldnʼt—thatIneededafull30minutestoexplainthemodel,becauseonlywithitascontextwouldanycommentsaboutIntelmakesense.Tenminutesintomyex
6、planation,Groveinterrupted:“Look,Iʼvegotyourmodel.JusttelluswhatitmeansforIntel.”IinsistedthatIneeded10moreminutestodescribehowtheprocessofdisruptionhadworkeditswaythroughaverydifferentindustry,steel,sothatheandhisteamcouldunderstandhowdisruptionworked.ItoldthestoryofhowNucorandothersteelminimillsh
7、adbegunbyattackingthelowestendofthemarket—steelreinforcingbars,orrebar—andlatermoveduptowardthehighend,undercuttingthetraditionalsteelmills.WhenIfinishedtheminimillstory,Grovesaid,“OK,Igetit.WhatitmeansforI
