THE EARNED LIFE

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 kin