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1、HowWillYouMeasureYourLife?byClaytonM.ChristensenEditor’sNote:Whenthemembersoftheclassof2010enteredbusinessschool,theeconomywasstrongandtheirpost-graduationambitionscouldbelimitless.Justafewweekslater,theeconomywentintoatailspin.They’vespentthepasttwoyearsrecalibratingtheirwo
2、rldviewandtheirdefinitionofsuccess.Thestudentsseemhighlyawareofhowtheworldhaschanged(asthesamplingofviewsinthisarticleshows).Inthespring,HarvardBusinessSchool’sgraduatingclassaskedHBSprofessorClayChristensentoaddressthem—butnotonhowtoapplyhisprinciplesandthinkingtotheirpost-
3、HBScareers.Thestudentswantedtoknowhowtoapplythemtotheirpersonallives.Hesharedwiththemasetofguidelinesthathavehelpedhimfindmeaninginhisownlife.ThoughChristensen’sthinkingcomesfromhisdeepreligiousfaith,webelievethatthesearestrategiesanyonecanuse.Andsoweaskedhimtosharethemwitht
4、hereadersofHBR.TolearnmoreaboutChristensen’swork,visithisHBRAuthorPage.BeforeIpublishedTheInnovator’sDilemma,IgotacallfromAndrewGrove,thenthechairmanofIntel.Hehadreadoneofmyearlypapersaboutdisruptivetechnology,andheaskedifIcouldtalktohisdirectreportsandexplainmyresearchandwh
5、atitimpliedforIntel.Excited,IflewtoSiliconValleyandshowedupattheappointedtime,onlytohaveGrovesay,“Look,stuffhashappened.Wehaveonly10minutesforyou.TelluswhatyourmodelofdisruptionmeansforIntel.”IsaidthatIcouldn’t—thatIneededafull30minutestoexplainthemodel,becauseonlywithitasco
6、ntextwouldanycommentsaboutIntelmakesense.Tenminutesintomyexplanation,Groveinterrupted:“Look,I’vegotyourmodel.JusttelluswhatitmeansforIntel.”IinsistedthatIneeded10moreminutestodescribehowtheprocessofdisruptionhadworkeditswaythroughaverydifferentindustry,steel,sothatheandhiste
7、amcouldunderstandhowdisruptionworked.ItoldthestoryofhowNucorandothersteelminimillshadbegunbyattackingthelowestendofthemarket—steelreinforcingbars,orrebar—andlatermoveduptowardthehighend,undercuttingthetraditionalsteelmills.WhenIfinishedtheminimillstory,Grovesaid,“OK,Igetit.W
8、hatitmeansforIntelis...,”andthenwentontoarticulatewhatwouldbecomethecompany