Top 55 Quotes by Clayton M. Christensen

About Clayton M. Christensen

These are some quotes by American author Clayton M. Christensen Author, who was born on April 6, 1952.

The single most important factor in our long-term happiness is the relationships we have with our family and close friends.

The single most important factor in our long-term happiness is the relationships we have with our family and close friends.

Clayton M. Christensen

I had a horrible heart attack and still have symptoms of that sometimes. Then cancer, which is in remission. But the stroke is the hardest thing because I just lost my ability to speak and to write.

I had a horrible heart attack and still have symptoms of that sometimes. Then cancer, which is in remission. But the stroke is the hardest thing because I just lost my ability to speak and to write.

Clayton M. Christensen

I haven't met too many people that don't intend to have a fulfilling life. High-achievers, however, end up allocating their resources in a way that seriously undermines their intended strategy.

I haven't met too many people that don't intend to have a fulfilling life. High-achievers, however, end up allocating their resources in a way that seriously undermines their intended strategy.

Clayton M. Christensen

I helped start a ceramics company called CPS Technologies. We took it public in 1987 at $12 a share. Three months later, there was this horrible cliff: Black Monday. Fidelity had bought 15 percent of our stock, and their algorithm caused them to dump it all onto the market that day. We dropped from $12 to $2.

Clayton M. Christensen

I wrote my first piece about the disruption of the Harvard Business School in 1999. Because you could see this coming. I haven't yet done the one about the disruption of the Stanford Business School.

I wrote my first piece about the disruption of the Harvard Business School in 1999. Because you could see this coming. I haven't yet done the one about the disruption of the Stanford Business School.

Clayton M. Christensen

The concept of disruption is about competitive response; it is not a theory of growth. It's adjacent to growth. But it's not about growth.

The concept of disruption is about competitive response; it is not a theory of growth. It's adjacent to growth. But it's not about growth.

Clayton M. Christensen

Most people have never thought through how they're going to allocate their time. You need to make a decision in advance.

Most people have never thought through how they're going to allocate their time. You need to make a decision in advance.

Clayton M. Christensen

To become the kind of person you want to become, you've got to have discipline. It's easier to keep to your standards 100 percent of the time versus 98 percent of the time.

To become the kind of person you want to become, you've got to have discipline. It's easier to keep to your standards 100 percent of the time versus 98 percent of the time.

Clayton M. Christensen

The world is a nested space, and so we have our brain as a person, and people are members of teams, and teams are part of business units, and business units are parts of corporations, and corporations are part of industries, which are part of economies.

Clayton M. Christensen

By doing what they must do to keep their margins strong and their stock price healthy, every company paves the way for its own disruption.

By doing what they must do to keep their margins strong and their stock price healthy, every company paves the way for its own disruption.

Clayton M. Christensen

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