Marshall Goldsmith Shows Why Choosing the Right Path Is Tough

In a blog post about making life choices, adapted from his new book The Earned Life, the renowned leadership coach and bestselling author Marshall Goldsmith explores how to choose the right path on a personal level.

Goldsmith writes, “In creating your own life in a complex, rapidly advancing world, not only is it hard to sift through the myriad choices, but even when we know what we want, we don’t always know how to follow our dreams. The barriers holding us back in our choices and actions, frustrating our will to live our own life, are formidable and numerous.”

What's the right path? That’s a choice that countries as wella s people face.

One of the biggest choices confronting some countries today is whether to join NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) in the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine, which could spill out in Russian aggression elsewhere, such as in the Baltic states and Finland. Sweden and Finland may decide to join the NATO military alliance quite soon.

In The Earned Life Goldsmith uncovers the source of today’s existential crises, including regrets that stem from choices that irrevocably alter our lives, reroute destinies, and haunt our memories. These are particularly timely themes today.

With Goldsmith’s book as a guide, readers can close the gap between what they plan to achieve and what they actually get done—even in a world full of inescapable unfairness and curveballs—and live an earned life that is fulfilling in the long run.

You can read Marshall Goldsmith’s blog here.

About MARSHALL GOLDSMITH

Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized for years as the world’s leading executive coach and the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Mojo, and Triggers. He received his Ph.D. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. In his coaching practice, Goldsmith has advised more than 200 major CEOs and their management teams. He and his wife live in Nashville, Tennessee.

About THE EARNED LIFE

In THE EARNED LIFE (Currency Books), Marshall Goldsmith uncovers the source of today’s existential crisis: regret, the kind stemming from choices that irrevocably alter our lives, reroutes destinies, and haunts our memories—particularly timely themes as the pandemic and Great Resignation inspire people to seek meaning in their lives, get unstuck and make changes. With this book as their guide, readers can close the gap between what they plan to achieve and what they actually get done—even in a world full of inescapable unfairness and curveballs—and live an earned life too fulfilling to dwell on the “what ifs.”

If you’d like more information on Marshall Goldsmith, The Earned Life, and his work, please get in touch with Lyda Goldsmith.