Just because you have feathers -- Finding happiness in your career. What makes us tick ; The balance of calculation and serendipity ; Your strategy is not what you say it is -- Finding happiness in your relationships. The ticking clock ; What job did you hire that milkshake for? ; Sailing your kids on Theseus's ship ; The schools of experience ; The invisible hand inside your family -- Staying out of jail. Just this once-- .

Akin to The Last Lecture in its revelatory perspective following life-altering events, "How Will You Measure Your Life?" presents a set of personal guidelines that have helped the author find meaning and happiness in his life.