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Motivation is the catalyzing ingredient for every successful innovation. The same is true for learning.

Clayton Christensen

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Clayton Christensen
Age: 67 †
Born: 1952
Born: April 6
Died: 2020
Died: January 23
Economist
Missionary
Priest
Professor
University Teacher
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Clayton Magleby Christensen
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There needs to be conviction and action behind rules.
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Management is the most noble of professions if it's practiced well.
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...it's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.
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Disruption is, at its core, a really powerful idea, but everyone hijacks the idea to do whatever they want now.
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Don't worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved worry about the individuals you have helped become better people.
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I've concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn't dollars, but the individual people whose lives I've touched. I think that's the way it will work for us all. Don't worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved worry about the individuals you have helped become better people.
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