How Will You Measure Your Life?

Resources are what he uses to do it, processes are how he does it, and priorities are why he does it.

perhaps most significant—capability is an organization’s priorities. This set of factors defines how a company makes decisions; it can give clear guidance about what a company is likely to invest in, and what it will not.

Processes include the ways that products are developed and made, and the methods by which market research, budgeting, employee development, compensation, and resource allocation are accomplished.

Capabilities are dynamic and built over time; no company starts out with its capabilities fully developed. The most tangible of the three factors is resources, which include people, equipment, technology, product designs, brands, information, cash, and relationships with suppliers, distributors, and customers.

When you boil it down, the factors that determine what a company can and cannot do—its capabilities—fall into one of three buckets: resources, processes, and priorities.

In sacrificing for something worthwhile, you deeply strengthen your commitment to it.

can be all too easy to default to a bad money approach in our lives, too. Many of us thrive on the intensity of a demanding job—one that we believe in and enjoy. We like proving what we can do under pressure.

Many of us are wired with a high need for achievement, and your career is going to be the most immediate way to pursue that.

In my experience, high-achievers focus a great deal on becoming the person they want to be at work—and far too little on the person they want to be at home.