Dorie Clark The Long Game : How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term

A Wall Street Journal BestsellerYour personal goals need a longterm strategy. Its no secret that were pushed to the limit. Todays professionals feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind. So we keep our heads down, focused on the next thing, and the next, without a moment to breathe. How can we break out of this endless cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives we all seek?Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic investments necessary for longterm growth, the same is true in our own personal and professional lives. We need to reorient ourselves to see the big picture so we can tap into the power of small changes that, made today, will have an enormous and disproportionate impact on our future success. We need to start playing The Long Game. As top business thinker and Duke University professor Dorie Clark explains, we all know intellectually that lasting success takes persistence and effort. And yet so much of the relentless pressure in our culture pushes us toward doing whats easy, whats guaranteed, or what looks glamorous in the moment. In The Long Game, she argues for a different path. Its about doing small things over time to achieve our goalsand being willing to keep at them, even when they seem pointless, boring, or hard. In The Long Game, Clark shares unique principles and frameworks you can apply to your specific situation, as well as vivid stories from her own career and other professionals experiences.... | Dorie Clark The Long Game : How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term