Is Delay Gratification a Good Thing?

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If you only delay gratification, you just spend your life waiting for something. If our focus on achievement or ambition is connected to a higher aspiration, it a great idea why it gives meaning and value to our lives. On the other hand, if you do nothing but do things that are meaningful, but theylt make you happy, well, you're a martyr. You're a victim. And what we've found out is people are much more satisfied with life simultaneously do things that produce happiness and meaning.

Marshall Goldsmith is the only two-time Thinkers 50 Award for #1 Leadership Thinker in the World. He has been ranked as the world’s #1 Executive Coach, a Top Ten Business Thinker for eight years, and was chosen as the inaugural winner of the Lifetime Award for Leadership by the Harvard Institute of Coaching. Marshall is the author or editor of 41 books, that have sold over 2.5 million copies, translated into 32 languages, and listed as bestsellers in 12 countries.

In this episode, Eric and Marshall discuss his book, The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment

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Marshall Goldsmith and I Discuss How to Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment, and …

His book, The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment
The every breath paradigm in learning to lose regret
Understanding the importance of asking for helping
Some of the barriers that hold us back
Differences between being comfortable and being fulfilled
Problems that arise when we are too attached to outcomes
The 3 A’s: action, ambition, aspiration
How both finding meaning and enjoying the process leads to happiness
Obligations and how they relate to our values
The practice of daily questions that takes 3 minutes
Remembering that aking change is easier when you have support
The value in asking”Did I do my best to….”questions as they force you to take responsibility
How it’s more challenging to make the effort in our personal life than our professional life