"It’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. If you give in to “just this once,” based on a marginal cost analysis, as some of my former classmates have done, you’ll regret where you end up." - Clayton Christensen (http://www.anthonyandrew.com/executi...)
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- Paul Buchheit
Thanks for sharing this. An interesting read so far.
- David Damore
Another great line near the end: "Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people."
- David Damore
"Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success." - thanks for sharing
- Bo Stern
I do wish his example was a little more inspiring than "I had made a personal commitment to God at age 16 that I would never play ball on Sunday."
- ⓞnor
...unless those principles are morally bankrupt or flawed, in which case the two percent could be the gateway to being a better and more successful person! All a question of perspective! Cheers J
- Jan Simmonds
Following on from Jan, principles are important but, given that the ones you pick might actually be misguided or flawed in some way, it's probably also important to know when to modify them based on enough evidence to the contrary. Taken to absurdity: "The greatest thing about this man is he's steady. You know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday, no matter what happened Tuesday."
- Simon
ⓞnor that is what makes it inspiring.
- Jason McGowan