In my first career I had founded my own company, with a group of MIT professors, before coming to Harvard to finish my doctorate, and so I had a deep respect for the brains, talent, and dedication of managers. That made it hard for me to believe the attributions in the business press that stupid management was to blame. So I looked elsewhere for an explanation.

Intimate, loving, and enduring relationships with our family and close friends will be among the sources of the deepest joy in our lives.

Its actually really important that you succeed at what youre succeeding at, but that isnt going to be the measure of your life.

Disruptive innovations create jobs, efficiency innovations destroy them.

Each of our children during their high school years went to 'early morning seminary' - scripture study classes that met in the home of a church member every school day morning from 6:30 until 7:15.

There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too.

Purpose must be deliberately conceived and chosen, and then pursued.