In his new book, The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment, Marshall Goldsmith — world-renowned Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author — offers a potent but simple approach that accommodates both our persistent need for achievement and the inescapable “stuff happens” unfairness of life.
Goldsmith implores you to avoid the Great Western Disease of “I’ll be happy when . . . .” He offers practical advice, with exercises, aimed at helping you shed the obstacles (especially the failures) of imagination that prevent you from leading a fulfilling, satisfying life.
In The Earned Life, Marshall Goldsmith challenges your unproductive attachment to outcomes and reveals the key to living unbound by regret, by helping you connect to something greater than the isolated and fleeting achievements of careerism:
“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.”
That’s the definition of an earned life. But for many of us, that pesky final phrase is a stumbling block: “regardless of the eventual outcome.” Not being attached to the outcome goes against everything we’re taught about achievement and fulfillment in modern society.
How to accept the present with the Every Breath Paradigm.
What is stopping you from creating your own satisfaction with life.
The internal and external factors that determine success and fulfillment.
How having no choice can lead to fulfillment.
The Action, Ambition, and Aspiration model.
Opportunity or Risk: What are you ‘over-weighting’ for?
How to find your One-Trick Genius (OTG).
The 5 Building Blocks of Discipline.
The lost art of asking for help.
How to close the gap between what you plan and what you do, with the Life Plan Review.
How to make ‘earning your life’ into a habit.
How to take the delay out of delayed gratification.
The importance of credibility and empathy in leading an earned life.
The 5 recurring themes of an earned life.
The Earned Life is for anyone who thinks they’ve reached the limit of their ability to achieve fulfillment in their lives.
If you are tired of feeling that you are only as great as your last achievement, or if you are saddled with regret for opportunities lost, this book will start you on a fresh journey to living the life you know you were meant to live.
Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized as the world’s leading Executive Coach and the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Mojo, and Triggers. He received his Ph.D. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. In his executive-coaching career, Goldsmith has advised more than 200 major CEOs and their management teams. He and his wife live in Nashville, Tennessee.
“For anyone who wishes to align their efforts with a life of meaning, Marshall Goldsmith is a fabulous companion, guide, and cheerleader.”
“Through his wonderful coaching and friendship, Marshall Goldsmith has, without a doubt, helped me become both a better leader and a happier person.”
“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.”
“The Earned Life is Marshall Goldsmith at his best — insightful, empathetic, and practical, all at the same time.”
My mission is simple. I want to help successful people achieve positive, lasting change and behavior; for themselves, their people, and their teams. I want to help you make your life a little better. With four decades of experience helping top CEOs and executives overcome limiting beliefs and behaviors to achieve greater success, I don’t do this for fame and accolades. I do this because I love helping people!
As an executive educator and coach, I help people understand how our beliefs and the environments we operate in can trigger negative behaviors. Through simple and practical advice, I help people achieve and sustain positive behavioral change.
