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Book Synopsis''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
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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 *
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 *
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 *
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 *