When I discovered Dorie Clark in the Summer of 2020, during a LinkedIn course about Strategic Thinking, she was like a breath of fresh air. That was my "aha moment," and from that day, I've started to read her books and articles and follow her everywhere I could. At first, I couldn't say why. It was just my intuition that somehow her insights could help me see my life destination more clearly. Or maybe she could make me more organized with my writing projects and more pragmatic. Or maybe she could teach me the next step after learning and being good in a specific domain. And she did, in a very special way. She does it in her new book, too, The Long Game. How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world.
Not only does she delightfully speak her mind, and the information she offers to the readers is correct and academically well presented, but she also uniquely captures the reader's fears. None of us has the chance of another life. We embark on this only trip, and sometimes life is playing with us, we are busy or overwhelmed, and we forget our dreams and expectations (professional, academic, personal). It's like Master Time is our worst foe, we cannot fight it, but we can fool it. We can behave and manage our days and activities in a more innovative way to keep track of our dreams.
Our life could be short, but it is not short enough so that we don't become long-term thinkers and embrace our dreams and follow them because this is the only way we can live our lives most satisfactorily.
The Long Game. How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world was not a surprise for me, in a way. It has all information I've known on the subject, with the difference that now I have it in a single book, well presented and very well structured. It doesn't matter if it's about managing your time, focusing more on your projects, and designing strategies to be more valuable and efficient. It also teaches you how to manage a failure and use it to be better tomorrow because everything we do is a lesson. Sometimes for us, sometimes for others. And this brings me to the second reason why I like this new book by Dorie Clark.
The Long Game. How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world has something new even for me: the stories of the brave people who start living the lives they wanted to have in the first place. I am one of the persons who decided to walk another path at a certain point in life. I was scared, alone, and I didn't know what to do, but somehow, deep inside my brain, I knew change was the only way. I still do. I am not alone in this, and this book is strong proof. Some people have tried this and succeeded, not because they have more money now or have more important jobs, but because they do what they like, follow their dreams, work is no longer a punishment.
There is only one thing I was puzzled about, reading this book. I wondered if all these ideas can be applied in any other country outside America. Because as far as I know, what can be done in the Western world cannot be done in Eastern Europe, for instance. It crossed my mind, because I am fully aware of the opportunities and networking from America or Western Europe compared to nothing of this kind from other countries. On the other hand, I know that people are struggling for their dreams and passions even in the rest of the world, and all they need is courage and long-term strategies to fulfill what they want.
The Long Game. How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world is not just a book. It's a reader for those who want to become the best version of themselves. I hope people will use it in the most creative ways, fulfilling their dreams and their lives. It’s a good book. Thank you for writing it.
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I found Dorie Clark several months ago through a LinkedIn course about introversion and had downloaded all her books to my Kindle well before I learned from The Long Game that I was “optimizing for interesting.” I was six months into a layoff-induced, mid-life gap year, recapturing some lost learning time from while I was in “heads-down mode” at the same company for 15 years. I was about a third of the way through Reinventing You when I jumped at the chance to preview her latest book about long-term thinking in a short-term world.As a strategic communicator, I’m used to the thoughtful planning that goes into a successful campaign. I’m a bit embarrassed to say that I never really considered the benefits of taking a similar approach to a fulfilling career and balanced life. Dorie delivers on the premise of the book, that patience + strategy + consistent effort (for longer than most can endure) is a great formula for reaping the rewards of your hard work. In other words, the only “overnight success” is eight hours of blissfully uninterrupted sleep.Dorie is a tremendous storyteller, and she mined rich, varied, and insightful anecdotes from her Recognized Expert community to illustrate, quickly and effectively, key points in the book. Her conversational tone and witty asides, as well as the precise and descriptive language, place you at the scene. I enjoyed winding down before bedtime with a chapter that sometimes became two.The third part of the book resonated strongly with me – how to push through setbacks and learn from failures along the way. That reminder was serendipitous as I vacillate between rejections for corporate job applications, to laying the groundwork for an LLC, to exploring side hustles and possibly retiring early.So say “Hell yeah” to reading this book if you want practical wisdom about (and strategies for):• Reclaiming your time by saying no when you need to• Alternating between heads-up and heads-down modes• Optimizing for interesting• Seeking meaningful professional development and relationship building opportunities to amplify your efforts• Pursuing goals in cyclical stages by “thinking in waves”• Keeping the faith by practicing resilienceHint: Don’t skip the Coda. Dorie ties everything together beautifully. It’s uplifting.Reading The Long Game is like watching a skilled mixologist apportion the right parts of simple, pure ingredients, shake it up just enough, then pour the drink into an elegant – yet sturdy – glass. One that doesn’t tip over easily. Where the parts are strategy, patience, and resilience; the shaking is motivation and encouragement; and that lovely vessel is you. (With success as a chaser.)And now, I’m turning my focus back to Reinventing You.
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I found Dorie Clark several months ago through a LinkedIn course about introversion and had downloaded all her books to my Kindle well before I learned from The Long Game that I was “optimizing for interesting.” I was six months into a layoff-induced, mid-life gap year, recapturing some lost learning time from while I was in “heads-down mode” at the same company for 15 years. I was about a third of the way through Reinventing You when I jumped at the chance to preview her latest book about long-term thinking in a short-term world.
As a strategic communicator, I’m used to the thoughtful planning that goes into a successful campaign. I’m a bit embarrassed to say that I never really considered the benefits of taking a similar approach to a fulfilling career and balanced life. Dorie delivers on the premise of the book, that patience + strategy + consistent effort (for longer than most can endure) is a great formula for reaping the rewards of your hard work. In other words, the only “overnight success” is eight hours of blissfully uninterrupted sleep.
Dorie is a tremendous storyteller, and she mined rich, varied, and insightful anecdotes from her Recognized Expert community to illustrate, quickly and effectively, key points in the book. Her conversational tone and witty asides, as well as the precise and descriptive language, place you at the scene. I enjoyed winding down before bedtime with a chapter that sometimes became two.
The third part of the book resonated strongly with me – how to push through setbacks and learn from failures along the way. That reminder was serendipitous as I vacillate between rejections for corporate job applications, to laying the groundwork for an LLC, to exploring side hustles and possibly retiring early.
So say “Hell yeah” to reading this book if you want practical wisdom about (and strategies for):
• Reclaiming your time by saying no when you need to
• Alternating between heads-up and heads-down modes
• Optimizing for interesting
• Seeking meaningful professional development and relationship building opportunities to amplify your efforts
• Pursuing goals in cyclical stages by “thinking in waves”
• Keeping the faith by practicing resilience
Hint: Don’t skip the Coda. Dorie ties everything together beautifully. It’s uplifting.
Reading The Long Game is like watching a skilled mixologist apportion the right parts of simple, pure ingredients, shake it up just enough, then pour the drink into an elegant – yet sturdy – glass. One that doesn’t tip over easily. Where the parts are strategy, patience, and resilience; the shaking is motivation and encouragement; and that lovely vessel is you. (With success as a chaser.)
And now, I’m turning my focus back to Reinventing You.
As a strategic communicator, I’m used to the thoughtful planning that goes into a successful campaign. I’m a bit embarrassed to say that I never really considered the benefits of taking a similar approach to a fulfilling career and balanced life. Dorie delivers on the premise of the book, that patience + strategy + consistent effort (for longer than most can endure) is a great formula for reaping the rewards of your hard work. In other words, the only “overnight success” is eight hours of blissfully uninterrupted sleep.
Dorie is a tremendous storyteller, and she mined rich, varied, and insightful anecdotes from her Recognized Expert community to illustrate, quickly and effectively, key points in the book. Her conversational tone and witty asides, as well as the precise and descriptive language, place you at the scene. I enjoyed winding down before bedtime with a chapter that sometimes became two.
The third part of the book resonated strongly with me – how to push through setbacks and learn from failures along the way. That reminder was serendipitous as I vacillate between rejections for corporate job applications, to laying the groundwork for an LLC, to exploring side hustles and possibly retiring early.
So say “Hell yeah” to reading this book if you want practical wisdom about (and strategies for):
• Reclaiming your time by saying no when you need to
• Alternating between heads-up and heads-down modes
• Optimizing for interesting
• Seeking meaningful professional development and relationship building opportunities to amplify your efforts
• Pursuing goals in cyclical stages by “thinking in waves”
• Keeping the faith by practicing resilience
Hint: Don’t skip the Coda. Dorie ties everything together beautifully. It’s uplifting.
Reading The Long Game is like watching a skilled mixologist apportion the right parts of simple, pure ingredients, shake it up just enough, then pour the drink into an elegant – yet sturdy – glass. One that doesn’t tip over easily. Where the parts are strategy, patience, and resilience; the shaking is motivation and encouragement; and that lovely vessel is you. (With success as a chaser.)
And now, I’m turning my focus back to Reinventing You.
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