Clayton Christensen Quotes

All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.

If I have any basic motivation, it's to inspire people to make their life a masterpiece.

If you succeed in doing something good for the people, it gives you a great sense of satisfaction.

Whenever you complete a task of any size or importance, you feel a surge of energy, enthusiasm, and self-esteem. The more important the completed task, the happier, more confident, and more powerful you feel about yourself and your world.

In seeking success you must also seek fulfillment. Ask yourself not only what you want to be but who you want to be.

To me there's a difference between success and satisfaction. A lot of people have success and no satisfaction. I'm after satisfaction. I

I think success is about purpose. People ask about success at different points in your life. As I look back, I think people that are successful feel good about what they are doing, and they can look back at what they've done and they feel good about it. People sometimes ask about success and they say, "What's your legacy?" and I say, "I think it's really a dumb question." I think the question is: What am I doing now? Do I feel good about myself? Am I proud of myself? Whatever purpose there is in life, I think success is about purpose. It's not about material things.

You succeed because you've chosen to be confident. It's not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you're able to become confident.

It is not enough to merely exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough to live and support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good parent.' That's all very well. But you must do something more.

High self-esteem isn't a luxury. It's a necessity for anyone who has important goals to achieve.

And this is the best success I can dream for my life: to have spread a new vision of the world.

Success comes in a lot of ways, but it doesn't come with money and it doesn't come with fame. It comes from having a meaning in your life, doing what you love and being passionate about what you do. That's having a life of success. When you have the ability to do what you love, love what you do and have the ability to impact people. That's having a life of success. That's what having a life of meaning is.

When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I'd set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.

I feel satisfied after achieving something difficult.

It's really important that people don't view success as a competition.

What fulfills me are the goals that I have in life. And those goals are not just about scoring goals, although the goals give me a lot of strength and happiness.

I have far ascended beyond every ambition my 16-year-old self ever had.

I like my life. I like competing, but it's not just because of the money.

To walk away and be proud of something that you created and something that is going to be out there, I think that's amazing.

It's always kind of gratifying to go back to the place that launched you and show you did good.

Do something great that you really believe is great.

My well-being and my happiness is much more important to me than how much I can achieve.

At the end of the day, walk away feeling proud of what you have achieved.

Success itself doesn't give you happiness. It's what you do with your success that gives you happiness.

All I can do is just do stuff while I am alive and hopefully that track record will speak for itself.