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The Earned Life
- Narrator
- Marshall Goldsmith
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 5 May 2022
- Run Time
- 8 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
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'Helps you keep achieving - and find peace and happiness in the process' Amy Edmondson
We are living an earned life when the choices, risks, and effort we make in each moment align with an overarching purpose in our lives, regardless of the eventual outcome.
In his most personal and powerful work to date, world-renowned leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith offers a better way to approach fulfilment that goes against everything we're taught about achievement. Taking inspiration from Buddhism, Goldsmith reveals that the key to living the earned life, unbound by regret, requires connecting the habit of earning rewards to something greater than our personal successes.
Goldsmith implores readers to avoid the Great Western Disease of "I'll be happy when...." He offers practical advice and exercises aimed at helping us shed the obstacles that prevent us from creating fulfilling lives. From learning to privilege your future over your present, knowing how to weigh up opportunity and risk accurately, honing your 'one-trick genius' and needing to earn credibility twice, the book is packed with transformative insights and tools that will help readers close the gap between what they plan to achieve and what they actually get done-and avoid the trap of existential regret, the kind that reroutes destinies and persecutes our memories.
Full of illuminating stories from Goldsmith's legendary career as a coach to some of the world's highest-achieving leaders and reflections on his own life, The Earned Life is a roadmap for ambitious people seeking a higher purpose.
'Inspiring insight from the world's top coach. Goldsmith left me tingling from the journey of reflection I'd been taken on' Bruce Daisley
Critics Review
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Inspiring insight from the world's top coach...Goldsmith left me tingling from the journey of reflection I'd been taken on.
Bruce Daisley, author of The Joy of Work
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The advice in this book can help you keep on achieving and, at the same time, do a better job of finding peace and happiness in the process.
Amy Edmondson, Harvard Professor
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What a gift from Marshall - to help us become the people that we want to be and to live a fulfilled life with no regrets - The Earned Life rocks
Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford
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My life changed for the better when I started working with Marshall Goldsmith. Since then, all of my significant decisions have been influenced by his wisdom, compassion, and commitment.
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, former president of the World Bank
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Details
- Author
- Marshall Goldsmith & Mark Reiter
- Narrator
- Marshall Goldsmith
- Duration
- 8 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 May 2022
- ISBN
- 9780241993040
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Advice on careers and achieving success, Mindfulness, Philosophy of mind, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups, Management: leadership and motivation, Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. 'Helps you keep achieving - and find peace and happiness in the process' Amy EdmondsonWe are living an earned life when the choices, risks, and effort we make in each moment align with an overarching purpose in our lives, regardless of the eventual outcome.In his most personal and powerful work to date, world-renowned leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith offers a better way to approach fulfilment that goes against everything we're taught about achievement. Taking inspiration from Buddhism, Goldsmith reveals that the key to living the earned life, unbound by regret, requires connecting the habit of earning rewards to something greater than our personal successes.Goldsmith implores readers to avoid the Great Western Disease of "I'll be happy when...." He offers practical advice and exercises aimed at helping us shed the obstacles that prevent us from creating fulfilling lives. From learning to privilege your future over your present, knowing how to weigh up opportunity and risk accurately, honing your 'one-trick genius' and needing to earn credibility twice, the book is packed with transformative insights and tools that will help readers close the gap between what they plan to achieve and what they actually get done-and avoid the trap of existential regret, the kind that reroutes destinies and persecutes our memories. Full of illuminating stories from Goldsmith's legendary career as a coach to some of the world's highest-achieving leaders and reflections on his own life, The Earned Life is a roadmap for ambitious people seeking a higher purpose. 'Inspiring insight from the world's top coach. Goldsmith left me tingling from the journey of reflection I'd been taken on' Bruce Daisley
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