Summary of Marshall Goldsmith & Mark Reiter's The Earned Life

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The Western paradigm is all about striving for something better in the future and believing that two things will result: we will remain essentially the same person we have been, only better, and against all the evidence, this time it will last.
#2 The Every Breath Paradigm can be difficult for clients to accept, as it takes away the validation of past successes and the future-facing buzz of pursuing an ambitious goal. But it is crucial to their success, as it helps them see the futility of belaboring the past and the importance of focusing on the present moment.
#3 Impermanence is easy to accept if you’re in the business of helping people change. When you accept that everything that flourishes also decays and disappears, you’re accepting a viewpoint that doesn’t apply only to worldly achievements and status. It applies powerfully to your personal development as well.
#4 The connection between the present and the past is as immediate and direct as flipping a switch to fill a dark room with light. We must accept that everything of value that we have earned is impermanent, and we must constantly re-earn it.

Sujets

• Motivational
• Employabilité, métiers et formations
• Economics
• Business

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 22 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822516106
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Marshall Goldsmith & Mark Reiter's The Earned Life
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Western paradigm is all about striving for something better in the future and believing that two things will result: we will remain essentially the same person we have been, only better, and against all the evidence, this time it will last.

#2

The Every Breath Paradigm can be difficult for clients to accept, as it takes away the validation of past successes and the future-facing buzz of pursuing an ambitious goal. But it is crucial to their success, as it helps them see the futility of belaboring the past and the importance of focusing on the present moment.

#3

Impermanence is easy to accept if you’re in the business of helping people change. When you accept that everything that flourishes also decays and disappears, you’re accepting a viewpoint that doesn’t apply only to worldly achievements and status. It applies powerfully to your personal development as well.

#4

The connection between the present and the past is as immediate and direct as flipping a switch to fill a dark room with light. We must accept that everything of value that we have earned is impermanent, and we must constantly re-earn it.

#5

I came to Buddhism when I was nineteen years old. I was not looking to be converted to a new theology, but the teachings resonated with me and provided me with confirmation and clarity.

#6

The Two Letters Exercise is for people who have intellectualized the Every Breath Paradigm but haven’t developed the muscle memory that makes it instinctive and natural in their lives. It helps them develop a psychological wall between their previous and current selves.

#7

The Bridge on the River Kwai is a good example of an investment. It comes with an anticipated return. A gift, on the other hand, comes with no strings attached. Gunther, the regret-filled CEO, gave his children a gift that they neither earned nor deserved, hoping for but never articulating what he expected in return from them.

#8

There are three main excuses that executives give for not leaving a big job: the indispensability argument, the winner’s argument, and the no-place-to-go argument.

#9

We all have a specific cohort of the population that we feel emotionally and intellectually connected to. If you know a person’s referent group, you can understand why they talk and think the way they do.

#10

The trend of the last hundred years has been that we are acquiring more rights and freedoms. However, it is harder to create your own life today than it has ever been in human history.

#11

Inertia is the most resolute and determinative opponent of change. It is the state of being inert or motionless, but it is an active event in which we are persisting in the state we’re already in rather than switching to something else.

#12

We are all programmed by our parents in some way. They shape our beliefs, our social values, how we treat other people, and how we behave in a relationship. They also program our self-image.

#13

Our programming is only a problem when it becomes a life blocker. We consider trying something new, such as a U-turn in our career, then reject it with excuses such as I’ve never been good at ________ or It’s not me.

#14

Obligation is when we are forced to choose between selfless and selfish, and we end up disappointing either ourselves or those who depend on us. It forces us to prioritize our responsibilities.

#15

The first time you had control over your future was when you applied to colleges. You were able to measure the success or failure of your college years by how recognizable you were at graduation compared to the person who had entered the scene four years earlier.

#16

We cannot adapt to the quickening pace of change. If we cannot keep up, we get winded and fall behind. And when we fall behind, we are living in everyone else’s past.

#17

We are becoming more and more distracted by technology. We are losing sight of what we should be doing, and instead spending our time on what others want us to do.

#18

When we’re young, we overestimate our runway. We put off the start of our real life to test more appealing or fanciful options. But when we’re old, we foolishly believe there isn’t enough time to achieve our next dream.