“In your life, there are going to be constant demands for your time and attention. How are you going to decide which of those demands gets resources? The trap many people fall into is to allocate their time to whoever screams loudest, and their talent to whatever offers them the fastest reward. That’s a dangerous way to build a strategy.” — Clayton M. Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?

“Intimate, loving, and enduring relationships with our family and close friends will be among the sources of the deepest joy in our lives.” — Clayton M. Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?

“The only metrics that will truly matter to my life are the individuals whom I have been able to help, one by one, to become better people.” — Clayton M. Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?: A thought-provoking approach to measuring life’s success

100% 堅守原則，要比 98% 來得容易。 #NEWSLETTER

• 「就這麼一次，下不為例」是讓你在短期利益下破壞原則的陷阱。在當下看起來風險很小、成本很低，但長期來看，這樣的思考方式會逐漸侵蝕一個人的核心價值與信念。
• 我們經常低估一次「偏離核心價值」的影響，覺得偶爾「妥協」一下沒什麼，但事實上，許多人的失敗就是從這樣的小妥協開始的。
• 一旦破壞了自己的原則，就很難再堅守。相對地，如果不越界，個人道德界線的力量將非常強大。
• 「一失足成千古恨」：一次讓步，會導致第二次、第三次的讓步變得更容易，你就會不停為每一次讓步找藉口。
• 堅守 100% 的原則，比每次都跟自己討價還價來得簡單與安全。只有完全不給自己破例的機會，才能真正守住原則。
• Each time you follow through on a commitment to yourself, you deposit into your self-respect account; each time you break one, you make a withdrawal.

在生活與職涯發展中，我們往往一方面依循審慎規劃的策略前進，另一方面也不得不面對突如其來的機會。沒有哪一種策略較好或較差，關鍵在於是否能根據自己的目標與價值做出合適的選擇。唯有走出去、實際嘗試，才能發現什麼樣的工作最符合你的才能與興趣。可預期的機會能讓我們詳細擬定計劃，屬於「審慎策略（Deliberate Strategy）」；而當遇到無法預期的問題與機會時，則需靈活應對、持續修正，屬於「應急策略（Emergent Strategy）」。兩者並行，是職涯探索中不可或缺的歷程。