The Earned Life
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Publisher Description
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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
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
According to revered leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith, living in the moment isn’t just a tool for better mental health—it’s a lifestyle choice that leads to personal fulfillment and material success. In this fascinating read, Goldsmith—whose primary clients are Fortune 500 CEOs—meshes the Buddhist principle of finding peace in every breath with the goal-oriented mindset of Western thinkers. In other words, don’t stop having goals, just focus on the process of attaining them instead of worrying about success or failure. In Goldsmith’s world, whether you’re running a company or learning a new skill, the real satisfaction is in the work, not the results. Like any great coach, Goldsmith provides exercises to help internalise his methods. Activities like writing letters to your past and future selves not only yield surprising results, they also give you fantastic perspective on your path in life.