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The Earned Life
The Earned Life
Oct 10, 2024 2:23 AM

Author:Marshall Goldsmith,Mark Reiter,Marshall Goldsmith

The Earned Life

Brought to you by Penguin.

'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

Reviews

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

Boardman's helpful suggestions rise above the standard self-help fare

—— Publishers Weekly

An incisive and important book that will change the way you think

—— Nikesh Shukla, editor of 'The Good Immigrant' and author of ‘Brown Baby’

When it comes to Guilaine Kinouani, I look forward to nothing short of brilliance. However, I couldn't have been prepared for this stunning piece of work that Guilaine has blessed myself and the world with. This will be a book that I read, recommend and refer to for years to come

—— Kelechi Okafor, host of ‘Say Your Mind’ podcast

Guilaine Kinouani's book both expands and strengthens current narratives on race ... There is honest, razor-sharp, and unrelenting description of, for example, the relationship between white women and black women - seldom written about and barely approached in any discourse around feminism or psychology ...There are precious stones to be discovered in these pages - materials, tools, reflections. But for me it is so much more than this ... Kinouani's searing commentary reminds us just how little black lives have mattered in the history of counselling and psychology ... A fascinating and impressive book that stands witness to what it is like to 'live while Black'

—— The Psychologist

Every feeling I've experienced as a Black woman navigating my way through this racist world was articulated here. Texts on race often just expose trauma. The beauty of this was she also offered solutions. This book felt like The Ancestors had enveloped me in a huge hug, whispered in my ear and gave me the strength to just keep going

—— Ava Vidal

This powerful and timely book is an essential read for everyone with the very real potential to save Black lives

—— Temi Mwale, Founder, The 4Front

Living While Black, with its radical foundations and extensive content, is groundbreaking in nature. It's not about merely surviving racism, it's about thriving in spite of it ... [it is] like validation for all that I have felt, reassurance that racial trauma is not only real but incredibly harmful, and also hope for the future.

—— Bad Form Review

I'm blown away by her ability to communicate difficult ideas with ease, simplicity and practicality. Amazing. Go and buy it now!

—— Jay Shetty

This book is a goldmine. I truly treat it like a handbook now - when I feel an unpleasant feeling brewing or come up against a tricky moment at work or in my relationships, my first thought is to wonder what Smith might suggest

—— Stylist

A guide for optimal mental wellbeing that you can dip into whenever you need

—— Women's Health

Wise words and compassionate tone . . . Smith's work is hugely important in bringing applied psychology into the public realm

—— The Psychologist

So much advice on such a wide variety of things: it's brilliant. So helpful

—— Katie Piper

Smith . . . is especially adept at addressing the insecurities afflicting a younger generation raised on social media

—— Financial Times

If you have never read a self-help book before, this is the book to read

—— Ireland AM

Such a brilliant book

—— Steven Bartlett , Diary of a CEO podcast

Very helpful

—— BBC Radio 2 , Michael Ball

Take care of your mental health with these bite-size tips on everything from how to manage anxiety to coping with grief

—— Woman & Home

[She] is a sort of human oxytocin

—— The Times
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