Short article adapted from _ How Will You Measure Your Life? _ by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon…
If you study the root causes of business disasters and management missteps, you’ll often find a predisposition toward endeavors that offer immediate gratification. … In the words of Andy Grove, former chairman and chief executive officer of Intel (INTC): “To understand a company’s strategy, look at what they actually do rather than what they say they will do.”
In many ways, people face the same resource management dilemma as corporations.
Here is a way to frame the investments we make in the strategy that becomes our lives: We have resources — which include personal time, energy, talent, and wealth — and we are using them to try to expand several “businesses” in our personal lives.
Bottom line: If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person. As you continue on your life’s journey, allocate your resources wisely—at work and home.