The Earned Life
Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the steps to earning your path to fulfillment and living without regrets—from the world-renowned executive coach and New York Times bestselling author of Triggers and What Got You Here Won't Get You There...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the steps to earning your path to fulfillment and living without regrets—from the world-renowned executive coach and New York Times bestselling author of Triggers and What Got You Here Won't Get You There ONE OF SUMMER’S BEST BUSINESS BOOKS: Inc., Society for Human Resource Management • “My life changed for the better when I started working with Marshall Goldsmith. The Earned Life is a wonderful book.”—Dr. Jim Yong Kim, served as president of the World Bank
“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.
But now, in his most personal and powerful work to date, world-renowned leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith offers a dazzling but simple approach that accommodates both our persistent need for achievement and the inescapable “stuff happens” unfairness of life.
Taking inspiration from Buddhism, Goldsmith reveals that the key to living the earned life, unbound by regret, requires committing to a habit of earning and, crucially, connecting that habit to something greater than the isolated achievements of careerism. By grounding our achievements in a higher aspiration, he shows, we can avoid the easy temptation to wallow in regret.
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, especially the failures of imagination, that prevent us from creating our own fulfilling lives. With this book as their guide, readers can close the gap between what they plan to achieve and what
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they actually get done—and avoid the trap of existential regret, the kind that reroutes destinies and persecutes our memories.
Packed with illuminating stories from Goldsmith’s legendary career as a coach to some of the world’s highest-achieving leaders as well as reflections on his own experiences, The Earned Life is a road map for ambitious people seeking a higher purpose.
“Marshall Goldsmith is a wonderful coach, educator, and author.”—Albert Bourla, CEO, Pfizer
Packed with illuminating stories from Goldsmith’s legendary career as a coach to some of the world’s highest-achieving leaders as well as reflections on his own experiences, The Earned Life is a road map for ambitious people seeking a higher purpose.
“Marshall Goldsmith is a wonderful coach, educator, and author.”—Albert Bourla, CEO, Pfizer
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Chapter 1The Every Breath Paradigm
When Gautama Buddha said, Every breath I take is a new me, he wasn t speaking metaphorically. He meant it literally.
Buddha was teaching that life is a progression of discrete moments of constant reincarnation from a previous you to a present you. At one moment, through your choices and actions, you may experience pleasure, happiness, sadness, or fear. But that specific emotion doesn t linger. With each breath, it alters, eventually vanishing. It was experienced by a previous you. Whatever you hope will happen in your next breath, or the next day, or the next year will be experienced by a different you, the future you. The only iteration of you that matters is the present you who has just taken a breath.
I start with the assumption that Buddha was right.
That doesn t mean you have to abandon your articles of spiritual faith or convert to Buddhism. I m only asking you to consider Buddha s insight as a new paradigm for thinking about your relationship to the passage of time and living an earned life.
A core pillar of Buddhism is impermanence the notion that the emotions, thoughts, and material possessions we hold now do not last. They can vanish in an instant as brief as the time we need to take our next breath. We know this to be empirically true. Our discipline, motivation, our good humor you name it they do not last. They fall out of our grasp as suddenly as they appeared.
Nevertheless, we have a hard time accepting impermanence as a rational way to understand our life, that the unity and singleness of our identity and character is an illusion. The Western paradigm, so deeply ingrained since childhood, is an ongoing argument against impermanence. Actually, it is a fairy tale, always with the same ending: And then they lived happily ever after. The Western paradigm is all about endeavoring for something better in the future and believing two things will result: (a) whatever our improvement, we remain
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essentially the same person we have been (only better), and (b) against all the evidence, this time it will last. It will be a permanent solution to whatever s gnawing away at our spirit. That makes about as much sense as studying hard for an A in math and thinking it will make you an A student forever, or believing that your personality is fixed and you can never change, or that rising housing prices will never go down.
This is the Great Western Disease of I ll be happy when . . . It is the pervasive mindset whereby we convince ourselves that we ll be happy when we get that promotion, or drive a Tesla, or finish a slice of pizza, or attain any other badge of our short- or long-term desires. Of course, when the badge is finally in our hands, something comes along that compels us to discount the badge s value and renew our striving for the next badge. And the next. We want to reach the next level in the organizational hierarchy. We want a Tesla with more range. We order another pizza slice to go. We are living in what Buddha called the realm of the hungry ghost, always eating but never satisfied.
This is a frustrating way to live, which is why I m urging a different way of seeing the world one that venerates the present moment rather than the moment before or after.
When I explain the Every Breath Paradigm to clients, accustomed as they are to goal setting and high achievement, it takes a while for them to accept the primacy of now over the validating pleasures of remembering past successes or the future-facing buzz of pursuing an ambitious goal. Being forward-looking is second nature to them, as is looking backward to take pride in their track record. The present moment, astonishingly, is almost a secondary thought.
Gradually I chip away at their attitude. When clients
This is the Great Western Disease of I ll be happy when . . . It is the pervasive mindset whereby we convince ourselves that we ll be happy when we get that promotion, or drive a Tesla, or finish a slice of pizza, or attain any other badge of our short- or long-term desires. Of course, when the badge is finally in our hands, something comes along that compels us to discount the badge s value and renew our striving for the next badge. And the next. We want to reach the next level in the organizational hierarchy. We want a Tesla with more range. We order another pizza slice to go. We are living in what Buddha called the realm of the hungry ghost, always eating but never satisfied.
This is a frustrating way to live, which is why I m urging a different way of seeing the world one that venerates the present moment rather than the moment before or after.
When I explain the Every Breath Paradigm to clients, accustomed as they are to goal setting and high achievement, it takes a while for them to accept the primacy of now over the validating pleasures of remembering past successes or the future-facing buzz of pursuing an ambitious goal. Being forward-looking is second nature to them, as is looking backward to take pride in their track record. The present moment, astonishingly, is almost a secondary thought.
Gradually I chip away at their attitude. When clients
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Autoren-Porträt von Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Marshall Goldsmith , Mark Reiter
- 2022, Internationale Ausgabe, 304 Seiten, Maße: 14,1 x 20,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Currency
- ISBN-10: 0593443365
- ISBN-13: 9780593443361
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.04.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
For anyone who wishes to align their efforts with a life of meaning, Marshall Goldsmith is a fabulous companion, guide, and cheerleader. John Dickerson, chief political analyst, CBS NewsA great coach. David Chang, chef and author of the New York Times bestseller Eat a Peach
Filled with stories from some of the world s top leaders, Goldsmith expertly weaves guidance and gentle nudges to get you to take the reins of your life and drive it toward fulfillment. Heart, soul, and decades of experience with top CEOs make The Earned Life the perfect blueprint for those yet to feel fulfilled. Ruth Gotian, Forbes
I ve been incredibly fortunate to have met Marshall Goldsmith. He has played a very important role in my transition from being a professional athlete to beginning the next chapter in my life. Pau Gasol, NBA All-Star
Through his wonderful coaching and friendship, Marshall Goldsmith has no doubt helped me to become both a better leader and a happier person. Hubert Joly, served as CEO, Best Buy
You must read this masterpiece! Frances Hesselbein, served as CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA
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 Edmonson, professor, Harvard Business School
The Earned Life is Marshall Goldsmith at his best. Insightful, empathetic, and practical, all at the same time. Jeff Pfeffer, professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
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