YAPClassic: Marshall Goldsmith, What I’ve Learned From 40 Years of Coaching the World’s Most Successful Business Executives

During COVID, Marshall Goldsmith spent several hours every weekend listening to successful people speak about their lives. From these sessions, he learned that even the highest achievers need help finding fulfillment. So, he wrote The Earned Life to address this need, drawing inspiration from Buddhism and his experience as an executive coach. In this episode, Marshall shares practical advice and exercises to help overachievers find personal fulfillment and live without regret.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the leading expert on leadership and coaching for behavioral change. He is also the author of several bestsellers, including Triggers and The Earned Life.

In this episode, Hala and Marshall will discuss:

- Marshall’s childhood and early years

- Marshall’s interpretation of Buddhism

- How he uses his Buddhist philosophies in coaching

- The benefits and drawbacks of delayed gratification

- Impermanence and the ‘every breath’ paradigm

- Letting go of past successes

- The definition of an earned life

- How regret and fulfillment are polar opposites

- Avoiding the big regrets

- Why people don't live their own lives

- The three demands of living an earned life

- And other topics…

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is recognized as the leading expert on leadership and coaching for behavioral change. He has been named one of the top ten business thinkers in the world and the top-rated executive coach at the Thinkers50 ceremony in London since 2011.Marshall is the author of several Wall Street Journal and New York Times #1 bestsellers, including Triggers and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, which is also the winner of the Harold Longman Award as Best Business Book of the Year. His newest book, The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment, was released in May 2022.

Connect with Marshall:

Marshall’s Website: https://marshallgoldsmith.com/

Marshall’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshallgoldsmith/

Marshall’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachgoldsmith/

Marshall’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/coachgoldsmith

Marshall’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marshall.Goldsmith.Library

Marshall’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtvlM6xRUC_ErV_q1FgUgiA

Resources Mentioned:

Marshall’s Book, The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment: https://www.amazon.com/Earned-Life-Regret-Choose-Fulfillment/dp/0593237277

YAP Episode 42, Become a Better Leader with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith: https://youngandprofiting.com/42-become-a-better-leader-with-dr-marshall-goldsmith/

Marshall’s New Yorker Profile, “The Better Boss”: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/04/22/the-better-boss

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