The more astonished I was that this book do not actually addressed this question. "That is not what I intend with this book. There are no quick fixes for the fundamental problems of life. But I can offer you tools That I'll call theories in this book, whichwill help you make good choices, Appropriate to the circumstances of your life. " (P.10) So it's not about the fundamental question of what you want to achieve in life, how you want to lead their lives, how to recognize that one has led his life the way you liked it.
Strictly speaking, there is a partially very interesting compilation of case studies from Harvard Business School, some long outdated dogmas about motivation, kitchen psychological opinions for the education of children, a few little entertaining anecdotes from the family life of Christensen and an almost magical power that whole thing somehow to squeeze between two covers. Chapeau!
a.) The case studies are very interesting and instructive indeed. The description of the decline from the video / DVD rental companies Blockbuster (p. 179 ff) illustrates very forcefully why strategic decisions established companies should ignore the status quo: "[..] Failure is Often at the end of a path of marginal thinking , we end up paying for the full cost of our decision, not the marginal costs, Whether we like it or not. " (P.183) If you want to enter here a little deeper into the matter, which is the much better book 'The Innovator's Dilemma' recommended by the same author. "Walmart is another great example. Many people think Sam Waltom, Walmart's legendary founder, as a visionary. They assume he started his company with a plan to change the world of retailing. But that's not what really happened. [..] Legend has . it, His Wife Said in no uncertain terms deed she would not move to Memphis [..] That, Ultimately, taught Walton the brilliant strategy of opening his large stores only in small towns - thereby preempting competition from other discount retailers. " (P.47) An example of the necessary adaptability of business strategies.
. b) The essence of the presented work in advice on career planning is: "There's an old saying: Find a job did you love and you'll never work a day in your life." (P.39) Concentrate on what drives you. Find an activity in which the drive is not undermined by poor framework factors such as low pay, bad boss etc.. Do not be too hard in the pursuit of a certain life cycle, but open yourself options that come a your life. Etc. pepe.
c.) are somewhat annoying Chapters 5 to 9 under the overall heading "Finding Happiness in Your Relationships". Here stands out too much by the conservative-Christian worldview of the author. "We decided we wanted our children to have to instinct to God above." (P.167) Thus, even someone who only happiness in life, is married 1st, 2nd with someone of the opposite sex, 3. with that child has and 4. where the mother stays at home. Offensive I found that here a comparison is to be constructed between the outsourcing of production steps of the company Dell to Asus with the "outsourcing" of childcare and education at nurseries and the like. Even if the so provides, so you do not produce such Psydobezüge indeed.
Overall, a book with some good points but overall probably not worth reading.