No
one could have known, on listening to a commencement address, that the
speaker was battling demons no one should have to fight, yet he was
doing it and the battle was helping him to form ground-breaking
insights, answering many questions that have troubled people for many
years.Usually, one finds that the deeper the
questioning, the more assuring are the answers one finds, though one can
never be 100 percent certain.When Dr. Christensen's work will likely point them in the right
direction. They
are traps that lead to unhappiness and if one finds oneself in them,
there is only one sure cure, changing your life so that they are no
longer part of your life. Christensen's case, his battle
with cancer, which most of his students and many, if not all of the
parents attending the graduation, probably didn't know of the internal
battle and daily worries that he faced. Christensen found, as
his battle against cancer deepened, was that the question: "How Do You
Measure Your Life?" became more and more urgent and he believed it was
very important to share his insights with family, friends and students.The key
demon he was fighting - a form of cancer that had already claimed his
father - set Dr.He used the speech as a
chance to deliver to his audience, drawing on his own long experience
with business, some guidelines that would help those in the audience to
find meaning and happiness with their lives.His
ground-breaking work, a work that forces us to look inward so that we
can become more successful looking outward, tries to answer such
questions as: "Will my job be satisfying?;" "Will my relationships be
enduring?;" "How can I avoid compromising my integrity?"Dr. In Dr.One thing that Dr. His speech, which was to
become the basis of his book "How Will You Measure Your Life?", also
describes the stovepipes of negativism one can easily fall into. Clayton Christensen stood in front of an audience
of Harvard Business School graduates two years ago, no one Copper clad Steel ground rod - unless they
were very close friends or family - could have known that he was waging
a battle that he ultimately won against personal demons. Christensen's work will help to ensure
everyone from a freshman to long-term professionals to the freshman's
parents - who are dealing with their own life issues - that the choices
they have made are the right ones and, if they are still dealing with
issues, Dr. Christensen on a path of discovery.
Christensen, who did beat his demon, may find that his work could be
seminal as more and more people look at their lives and try to determine
whether the course they have chosen or may be choosing is the right
one? At the very least, Dr. Indeed, it is funny
how a one's battles with demons like cancer or other serious life
issues leads one to question even the fundamental assumptions they have
made during their lives.
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