It can be hard to slow down enough to consider long-term goals in our fast-paced world. Especially when social media constantly shows us the successes and accolades of everyone we know.

But to create a meaningful life, we need to slow down enough to reflect on the past and prepare for our future.

Dorie Clark teaches us to play the long game to reorient ourselves to see the big picture.

Dorie has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards. Clark, a consultant and keynote speaker, teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School, and she is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, *Reinventing You* and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, Clark has been described by the New York Times as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, she consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank. You can download her free Long Game strategic thinking self-assessment at dorieclark.com/thelonggame.

In this episode, Dorie shares wisdom from her newest book, The Long Game.

Listen to this episode and learn about:

• Dorie giving credit and thanks to (5:42)
• The importance of looking ahead and looking behind (9:54)
• Delaying gratification (13:52)
• The journey of becoming a strategic, long-term thinker (19:57)
• Our obsession with short term thinking and solutions (23:02)
• Surrounding yourself with the right people (28:03)
• What Dorie’s long-term game looks like (33:36)
• Creating moments to meet people (38:56)
• Closing words from Dorie (41:16)

Links

• Connect with Dorie on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/doriec/
• Long Game self-assessment - https://dorieclark.com/thelonggame/
• Dorie’s website - https://dorieclark.com
• The Long Game - https://dorieclark.com/longgame/