Dorie Clark: Playing The Long Game
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My guest this week is Dorie Clark, a consultant and keynote speaker, who teaches executive education at Duke University\\u2019s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School, and she is the author of \\u201cThe Long Game,\\u201d \\u201cEntrepreneurial You,\\u201d and \\u201cStand Out.\\u201d A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, she consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank.
Dorie\\u2019s latest book "The Long Game" caught my attention because it touches on themes such as compounding, and not in the traditional financial sense, but compounding of expertise, of brand and of content. It also explores why it is so important and also so hard to play the long game, and how to stay in the game despite the inevitable challenges. We also talk about her business model and how it has evolved over the years.\\xa0
What We Cover:\\xa0
- The Long Game framework for strategic thinking in business and life
- What gets in the way of the Long Game and why so few people apply it
- The power of compounding and why it\\u2019s so hard to understand it on a visceral level
- What \\u201cchoosing to to be bad\\u201d means and how it affects the Long Game
- How to \\u201coptimise for interesting\\u201d in today\\u2019s fast-changing world
Key Takeaways and Learnings:\\xa0
- There is a consensus that strategic thinking is important, yet there is a big gap in implementation and very few people apply it despite the obvious benefits of playing the Long Game
- Preconditions for playing the Long Game are creating more whitespace for strategic thinking, focusing on the right goals and keeping the faith - cultivating persistence and resilience\\xa0
- In our culture, there is a polarity between optimising for money and optimising for passion. Optimising for interesting is a third way that is kinder and healthier for our life and business paths
Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:\\xa0
- \\u201cThe Long Game: How to be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World\\u201d by Dorie Clark https://dorieclark.com/longgame/\\xa0
- Dorie Clark\\u2019s website https://dorieclark.com/\\xa0\\xa0
- The Long Game Free Self-Assessment https://dorieclark.com/thelonggame/\\xa0
- Recognized Expert\\u2122 Course by Dorie Clark https://learn.dorieclark.com/courses/expert\\xa0
- The Long Now Foundation https://longnow.org/\\xa0
- \\u201cThe Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World\\u201d by Roman Krznaric https://www.romankrznaric.com/good-ancestor\\xa0
- \\u201cUncommon Service\\u201d by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss http://uncommonservice.com/\\xa0
- \\u201cPain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain\\u201d by Pete Egoscue https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675597/pain-free-revised-and-updated-second-edition-by-pete-egoscue/\\xa0
- The Weekly Dish by Andrew Sullivan on Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/\\xa0
- Common Sense with Bari Weiss on Substack https://bariweiss.substack.com/\\xa0
- It Bears Mentioning by John McWhorter on Substack https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/
- Joel Greenblatt: The Common Sense of Long-Term Investing on OutsideVoices https://outsidelens.com/joel-greenblatt-the-common-sense-of-long-term-investing/\\xa0
- Wade Davis: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in Today\\u2019s World on OutsideVoices https://outsidelens.com/wade-davis/\\xa0\\xa0
- Chris Rainier and Olivia McKendrick: The Race to Save Cutlural and Intellectual Diversity on OutsideVoices https://outsidelens.com/chris-rainier-olivia-mckendrick-the-race-to-save-cultural-and-intellectual-diversity/
Connect with Mark Bidwell:
- LinkedIn\\xa0https://www.linkedin.com/in/markbidwell/\\xa0
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