Optimize for Interesting

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In the long ame, i talk about a concept that i call optimise for interesting. Not all of us necessarily know what our passion is or it might change overtime. Optimize and try to direct your discretionary time in learning and knowledge toward things that you find interesting. And if it stops being interesting, no problem. Just pivot to something else.

Dorie Clark reveals the critical skills that help us think long-term and set ourselves up for future success.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three barriers to long-term strategic thinking

2) The top two skills that make you indispensable

3) What to do when you’re stuck in a rut

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— ABOUT DORIE —

Dorie Clark helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, noisy world. She has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was honored as the #1 Communication Coach in the world at the Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Awards. She is a keynote speaker and teaches for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. She is the author of Entrepreneurial You, which was named one of Forbes’ Top 5 Business Books of the Year, as well as Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine.

A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, Clark has been described by the New York Times as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” She is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and consults and speaks for clients such as Google, Yale University, and the World Bank. She is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, a producer of a multiple Grammy-winning jazz album, and a Broadway investor.

• Dorie’s book: The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World

• Dorie’s website: DorieClark.com

• Free assessment: The Long Game: Your Strategic Thinking Self-Assessment

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Executive Presence” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Lauren Leader-Chivée, Laura Sherbin, and Joanne Gordon with Fabiola Dieudonné

• Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini

• Book: The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How To Master It by Walter Mischel

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