New York Times Bestseller. Discover the steps to earning your path to fulfillment and living without regrets from the world-renowned executive coach and New York Times bestselling author of Triggers and What Got You Here Won't Get You There One Of Summer'S Best Business Books- Inc. , Society for Human Resource Management. and My life changed for the better when I started working with Marshall Goldsmith. The Earned Life is a wonderful book. andDr. Jim Yong Kim, served as president of the World Bank and We are living an earned life when the choices, risks, and effort we make in each moment align with an overarching purpose in our lives, regardless of the eventual outcome. and That's the definition of an earned life. But for many of us, that pesky final phrase is a stumbling block- and regardless of the eventual outcome. and Not being attached to the outcome goes against everything we're taught about achievement and fulfillment in modern society. But now, in his most personal and powerful work to date, world-renowned leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith offers a dazzling but simple approach that accommodates both our persistent need for achievement and the inescapable and stuff happens and unfairness of life.