NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the steps to earning your path to fulfillment and living
without regrets—from the world-renowned executive coach and New York Times bestselling author
of Triggers and What Got You Here Won't Get You There ONE OF SUMMER’S BEST BUSINESS BOOKS: Inc.
Society for Human Resource Management • My life changed for the better when I started working
with Marshall Goldsmith. The Earned Life is a wonderful book.”—Dr. Jim Yong Kim served as
president of the World Bank 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.” That’s the definition of an earned life. But for many of us that pesky final phrase
is a stumbling block: regardless of the eventual outcome.” Not being attached to the outcome
goes against everything we’re taught about achievement and fulfillment in modern society. But
now in his most personal and powerful work to date world-renowned leadership coach Marshall
Goldsmith offers a dazzling but simple approach that accommodates both our persistent need for
achievement and the inescapable stuff happens” unfairness of life. Taking inspiration from
Buddhism Goldsmith reveals that the key to living the earned life unbound by regret requires
committing to a habit of earning and crucially connecting that habit to something greater
than the isolated achievements of careerism. By grounding our achievements in a higher
aspiration he shows we can avoid the easy temptation to wallow in regret. 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 especially the failures of
imagination that prevent us from creating our own fulfilling lives. With this book as their
guide readers can close the gap between what they plan to achieve and what they actually get
done—and avoid the trap of existential regret the kind that reroutes destinies and persecutes
our memories. Packed with illuminating stories from Goldsmith’s legendary career as a coach to
some of the world’s highest-achieving leaders as well as reflections on his own experiences
The Earned Life is a road map for ambitious people seeking a higher purpose. Marshall Goldsmith
is a wonderful coach educator and author.”—Albert Bourla CEO Pfizer
