The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment by Marshall Goldsmith

BATB score: 3/10 🙄

Marshall Goldsmith latest 2022 book is a literary disaster.

Best to: Marshall Goldsmith’s 2007 “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” was a hand down 10/10 life-changing perfectly-written masterpiece; 15 years later he disappoints perfectly with “The Earned Life”

Best as: Marshall Goldsmith was trying to share his wisdom as a life coach but it was all over the place

Best for: this book is as so bad that it was torturous to complete

BATB lingering thought: I think Marshall Goldsmith knows deep down inside that this book is not up to par; maybe take the good materials and do a TedTalk instead?

Best quotes: "Never be the most admired or successful person in your group (you're seeking help, not a fan base), nor the least accomplished. Somewhere in the middle is right."

"The beauty of obligation is that it directs us to keep our promises to others, implied or explicit. The misery of obligation is how often those promises conflict with the ones we've made to ourselves. In those moments, we tend to overcorrect, choosing between the extremes of selfless and selfish - and end up disappointing either ourselves or those who depend on us."

"Better to stay a year too short than a minute too long."

"I can't give you a surefire formula for success. But I can give you a formula for failure: Try to please everybody all the time."