The Long Game Playbook: Persistence, Patience, and Purpose in a Fast-Paced World with Dorie Clark
About this episode
Dorie Clark discusses her strategies for maintaining persistence and purpose in a fast-paced world.
In this episode, Dorie Clark explains her long-game playbook about persistence, patience, and purpose in a fast-paced world. She explores the challenges of prioritizing long-term goals over daily distractions, the cultural obsession with busyness, and strategies for sustained motivation. Dorie also shares things that include saying no to good opportunities, embracing failure as a delay rather than a dead end, and breaking big goals into manageable steps. Exciting News!! My new book, How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life, is now available!! Key Takeaways: The contrast between short-term thinking and long-term goals. The cultural perception of busyness as a status symbol. Strategies for managing time and prioritizing meaningful work. The parable of two wolves representing good and bad impulses. The importance of making conscious choices in life and work. The challenge of saying no to good opportunities. Goal-setting techniques and the value of pursuing interesting choices. The role of persistence and resilience in achieving long-term objectives. Learning from failure and viewing setbacks as temporary. The…
People in this episode
Host: Eric Zimmer
Guest: Dorie Clark
Topics covered
- persistence
- patience
- long-term goals
- motivation
- failure
- time management
Keywords
- long game
- busyness
- goal-setting
- resilience
- meaningful work
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life
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