CNN's John Sutter has been coaching medical doctors for 25 years. One of the things he learned about himself was his ability to screw something up every day. His daughter, Kelly, taught him how to do this by asking herself six questions a day that represent what is most important in your life. Half the people who start doing this quit in two weeks because it sounds too good to be true but it does work.
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
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