{"id":5276,"date":"2021-12-29T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T20:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markccrowley.com\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2022-01-07T14:46:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T22:46:12","slug":"dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fleadfromtheheartpodcast%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fleadfromtheheartpodcast%2FLFTH-Episode_77.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging-wmplo.xyz%2Fmark-c-divi5%2Fdorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/content.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/LFTH-Episode_77.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/?powerpress_pinw=5276-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/content.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/LFTH-Episode_77.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"LFTH-Episode_77.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5277\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dorie-1000-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"267\" \/>Success in life is never a question of how many tasks we get done in a day. It&#8217;s not even a question of what we manage to achieve. Instead, it&#8217;s about knowing our life\u2019s purpose &amp; taking the right steps to fulfill our potential.<\/p>\n<p>That all sounds very nice &amp; neat until we come face-to-face with real life, where short-term thinking, short-term gratification &amp; short attention spans often take us off track. We also live in a society that values \u201cbusyness\u201d &amp; treats it as a badge of honor. And, so, when we tell ourselves all the time that \u201cwe don\u2019t have enough hours in the day,\u201d it\u2019s not really a sign of accomplishment \u2013 it\u2019s a sign our lives are out of control &amp; that we\u2019ve lost sight of what truly matters &amp; makes our lives meaningful.<\/p>\n<p>These are some of the big ideas from Dorie Clark\u2019s new book, <strong>\u201c<em>The Long Game: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term World,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> which launched recently as a <strong><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> bestseller.<\/strong> And her conclusion is that if all we do is bumble along reacting to events as they happen, we won\u2019t ever fulfill our life\u2019s dreams or personal potential.<\/p>\n<p>Dorie Clark has done a lot of interesting things in her life: She left home at 14 to attend a school for gifted<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5280 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/815dtuBgomL-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/> students. She transferred to Smith College, graduating magna cum laude, &amp; then earned a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She\u2019s been a Presidential campaign staffer, public speaker, musical theater lyricist, leadership author, &amp; today teaches at the Duke University Fuqua school of business. And as she reveals in our discussion, she had a long-term strategy for achieving them all.<\/p>\n<p>Read the word \u201cgifted,\u201d &amp; we might assume Clark\u2019s success was pre-ordained &amp; even guaranteed. But the essence of her book is that few people (including her) ever achieve success without also experiencing delays, setbacks, denials &amp; even failures. In effect, she says we need to be nimble &amp; adapt when circumstances change. But long-term thinking is what undergirds everything &amp; enables us to make those adjustments. If we embrace long-term strategy &amp; recognize that the path may change over time \u2014 that\u2019s what maximizes our chances of success.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Noting there is no such thing as overnight success, Clark\u2019s book reminds us that this doesn\u2019t mean success for us will be illusive. It means we just need a more effective process for achieving it. That\u2019s what this episode is all about: helping you get back on track for achieving all you were meant to.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Success in life is never a question of how many tasks we get done in a day. It&#8217;s not even a question of what we manage to achieve. Instead, it&#8217;s about knowing our life\u2019s purpose &amp; taking the right steps to fulfill our potential. That all sounds very nice &amp; neat until we come face-to-face [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[283],"tags":[592,593,258,595,594],"class_list":["post-5276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-dorie-clark","tag-duke-fuqua","tag-lead-from-the-heart","tag-strategy","tag-the-long-game"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World - Mark C. Crowley %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Success in life is never a question of how many tasks we get done in a day. It&#039;s not even a question of what we manage to achieve. Instead, it&#039;s knowing our life\u2019s purpose and taking the right steps to fulfill our potential. That all sounds very nice &amp; neat until we come face-to-face with real life, where short-term thinking, short-term gratification &amp; short attention spans often take us off track. We also live in a society that values \u201cbusyness\u201d &amp; treats it as a badge of honor. And, so, when we tell ourselves all the time that \u201cwe don\u2019t have enough hours in the day,\u201d it\u2019s not really a sign of accomplishment \u2013 it\u2019s a sign our lives are out of control &amp; that we\u2019ve lost sight of what truly matters &amp; makes our lives meaningful. These are some of the big ideas from Dorie Clark\u2019s new book, \u201cThe Long Game: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term World,\u201d which launched recently as a Wall Street Journal bestseller. And her conclusion is that if all we do is bumble along reacting to events as they happen, we won\u2019t ever fulfill our life\u2019s dreams or personal potential. Dorie Clark has done a lot of interesting things in her life: She left home at 14 to attend a school for gifted students. She transferred to Smith College, graduating magna cum laude, &amp; then earned a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She\u2019s been a Presidential campaign staffer, public speaker, musical theater lyricist, leadership author, &amp; today teaches at the Duke University Fuqua school of business. And as she reveals in our discussion, she had a long-term strategy for achieving them all. Read the word \u201cgifted,\u201d &amp; we might assume Clark\u2019s success was pre-ordained &amp; even guaranteed. But the essence of her book is that few people (including her) ever achieve success without also experiencing delays, setbacks, denials &amp; even failures. In effect, she says we need to be nimble &amp; adapt when circumstances change. But long-term thinking is what undergirds everything &amp; enables us to make those adjustments. If we embrace long-term strategy &amp; recognize that the path may change over time \u2014 that\u2019s what maximizes our chances of success. Noting there&#039;s no such thing as overnight success, Clark\u2019s book reminds us that this doesn\u2019t mean success for us will be illusive. It means we just need a more effective process for achieving it. That\u2019s what this episode is all about: helping you get back on track to achieving all you were meant to.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World - Mark C. Crowley %\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Success in life is never a question of how many tasks we get done in a day. It&#039;s not even a question of what we manage to achieve. Instead, it&#039;s knowing our life\u2019s purpose and taking the right steps to fulfill our potential. That all sounds very nice &amp; neat until we come face-to-face with real life, where short-term thinking, short-term gratification &amp; short attention spans often take us off track. We also live in a society that values \u201cbusyness\u201d &amp; treats it as a badge of honor. And, so, when we tell ourselves all the time that \u201cwe don\u2019t have enough hours in the day,\u201d it\u2019s not really a sign of accomplishment \u2013 it\u2019s a sign our lives are out of control &amp; that we\u2019ve lost sight of what truly matters &amp; makes our lives meaningful. These are some of the big ideas from Dorie Clark\u2019s new book, \u201cThe Long Game: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term World,\u201d which launched recently as a Wall Street Journal bestseller. And her conclusion is that if all we do is bumble along reacting to events as they happen, we won\u2019t ever fulfill our life\u2019s dreams or personal potential. Dorie Clark has done a lot of interesting things in her life: She left home at 14 to attend a school for gifted students. She transferred to Smith College, graduating magna cum laude, &amp; then earned a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She\u2019s been a Presidential campaign staffer, public speaker, musical theater lyricist, leadership author, &amp; today teaches at the Duke University Fuqua school of business. And as she reveals in our discussion, she had a long-term strategy for achieving them all. Read the word \u201cgifted,\u201d &amp; we might assume Clark\u2019s success was pre-ordained &amp; even guaranteed. But the essence of her book is that few people (including her) ever achieve success without also experiencing delays, setbacks, denials &amp; even failures. In effect, she says we need to be nimble &amp; adapt when circumstances change. But long-term thinking is what undergirds everything &amp; enables us to make those adjustments. If we embrace long-term strategy &amp; recognize that the path may change over time \u2014 that\u2019s what maximizes our chances of success. Noting there&#039;s no such thing as overnight success, Clark\u2019s book reminds us that this doesn\u2019t mean success for us will be illusive. It means we just need a more effective process for achieving it. That\u2019s what this episode is all about: helping you get back on track to achieving all you were meant to.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mark C. Crowley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leadfromtheheart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-29T20:27:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-07T22:46:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dorie-1000.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark C. Crowley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MarkCCrowley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@markccrowley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark C. Crowley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark C. Crowley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1138da8fd75b050dbc1f6097ddcf6507\"},\"headline\":\"Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-29T20:27:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-07T22:46:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":455,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-wmplo.xyz\\\/mark-c-divi5\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Dorie-1000.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Dorie Clark\",\"Duke Fuqua\",\"Lead From The Heart\",\"Strategy\",\"The Long Game\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Podcast\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World - Mark C. Crowley %\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-wmplo.xyz\\\/mark-c-divi5\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Dorie-1000.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-29T20:27:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-07T22:46:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1138da8fd75b050dbc1f6097ddcf6507\"},\"description\":\"Success in life is never a question of how many tasks we get done in a day. It's not even a question of what we manage to achieve. Instead, it's knowing our life\u2019s purpose and taking the right steps to fulfill our potential. That all sounds very nice & neat until we come face-to-face with real life, where short-term thinking, short-term gratification & short attention spans often take us off track. We also live in a society that values \u201cbusyness\u201d & treats it as a badge of honor. And, so, when we tell ourselves all the time that \u201cwe don\u2019t have enough hours in the day,\u201d it\u2019s not really a sign of accomplishment \u2013 it\u2019s a sign our lives are out of control & that we\u2019ve lost sight of what truly matters & makes our lives meaningful. These are some of the big ideas from Dorie Clark\u2019s new book, \u201cThe Long Game: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term World,\u201d which launched recently as a Wall Street Journal bestseller. And her conclusion is that if all we do is bumble along reacting to events as they happen, we won\u2019t ever fulfill our life\u2019s dreams or personal potential. Dorie Clark has done a lot of interesting things in her life: She left home at 14 to attend a school for gifted students. She transferred to Smith College, graduating magna cum laude, & then earned a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She\u2019s been a Presidential campaign staffer, public speaker, musical theater lyricist, leadership author, & today teaches at the Duke University Fuqua school of business. And as she reveals in our discussion, she had a long-term strategy for achieving them all. Read the word \u201cgifted,\u201d & we might assume Clark\u2019s success was pre-ordained & even guaranteed. But the essence of her book is that few people (including her) ever achieve success without also experiencing delays, setbacks, denials & even failures. In effect, she says we need to be nimble & adapt when circumstances change. But long-term thinking is what undergirds everything & enables us to make those adjustments. If we embrace long-term strategy & recognize that the path may change over time \u2014 that\u2019s what maximizes our chances of success. Noting there's no such thing as overnight success, Clark\u2019s book reminds us that this doesn\u2019t mean success for us will be illusive. It means we just need a more effective process for achieving it. That\u2019s what this episode is all about: helping you get back on track to achieving all you were meant to.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-wmplo.xyz\\\/mark-c-divi5\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Dorie-1000.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-wmplo.xyz\\\/mark-c-divi5\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Dorie-1000.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-wmplo.xyz\\\/mark-c-divi5\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mark C. Crowley\",\"description\":\"Transformational Leadership For The 21st Century\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1138da8fd75b050dbc1f6097ddcf6507\",\"name\":\"Mark C. Crowley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-wmplo.xyz\\\/mark-c-divi5\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/mark-avatar.webp\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-wmplo.xyz\\\/mark-c-divi5\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/mark-avatar.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-wmplo.xyz\\\/mark-c-divi5\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/mark-avatar.webp\",\"caption\":\"Mark C. Crowley\"},\"description\":\"Mark C. Crowley is the author of The Power of Employee Well-Being: Move Beyond Employee Engagement To Build Flourishing Teams -- and Lead From The Heart: Transformational Leadership For The 21st Century which has been taught in 11 American universities. He is a global speaker, leadership consultant and thought leader on the topics of workplace culture, employee well-being and thriving employees.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/staging-wmplo.xyz\\\/mark-c-divi5\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/MarkCCrowley\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World - Mark C. Crowley %","description":"Success in life is never a question of how many tasks we get done in a day. It's not even a question of what we manage to achieve. Instead, it's knowing our life\u2019s purpose and taking the right steps to fulfill our potential. That all sounds very nice & neat until we come face-to-face with real life, where short-term thinking, short-term gratification & short attention spans often take us off track. We also live in a society that values \u201cbusyness\u201d & treats it as a badge of honor. And, so, when we tell ourselves all the time that \u201cwe don\u2019t have enough hours in the day,\u201d it\u2019s not really a sign of accomplishment \u2013 it\u2019s a sign our lives are out of control & that we\u2019ve lost sight of what truly matters & makes our lives meaningful. These are some of the big ideas from Dorie Clark\u2019s new book, \u201cThe Long Game: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term World,\u201d which launched recently as a Wall Street Journal bestseller. And her conclusion is that if all we do is bumble along reacting to events as they happen, we won\u2019t ever fulfill our life\u2019s dreams or personal potential. Dorie Clark has done a lot of interesting things in her life: She left home at 14 to attend a school for gifted students. She transferred to Smith College, graduating magna cum laude, & then earned a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She\u2019s been a Presidential campaign staffer, public speaker, musical theater lyricist, leadership author, & today teaches at the Duke University Fuqua school of business. And as she reveals in our discussion, she had a long-term strategy for achieving them all. Read the word \u201cgifted,\u201d & we might assume Clark\u2019s success was pre-ordained & even guaranteed. But the essence of her book is that few people (including her) ever achieve success without also experiencing delays, setbacks, denials & even failures. In effect, she says we need to be nimble & adapt when circumstances change. But long-term thinking is what undergirds everything & enables us to make those adjustments. If we embrace long-term strategy & recognize that the path may change over time \u2014 that\u2019s what maximizes our chances of success. Noting there's no such thing as overnight success, Clark\u2019s book reminds us that this doesn\u2019t mean success for us will be illusive. It means we just need a more effective process for achieving it. That\u2019s what this episode is all about: helping you get back on track to achieving all you were meant to.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World - Mark C. Crowley %","og_description":"Success in life is never a question of how many tasks we get done in a day. It's not even a question of what we manage to achieve. Instead, it's knowing our life\u2019s purpose and taking the right steps to fulfill our potential. That all sounds very nice & neat until we come face-to-face with real life, where short-term thinking, short-term gratification & short attention spans often take us off track. We also live in a society that values \u201cbusyness\u201d & treats it as a badge of honor. And, so, when we tell ourselves all the time that \u201cwe don\u2019t have enough hours in the day,\u201d it\u2019s not really a sign of accomplishment \u2013 it\u2019s a sign our lives are out of control & that we\u2019ve lost sight of what truly matters & makes our lives meaningful. These are some of the big ideas from Dorie Clark\u2019s new book, \u201cThe Long Game: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term World,\u201d which launched recently as a Wall Street Journal bestseller. And her conclusion is that if all we do is bumble along reacting to events as they happen, we won\u2019t ever fulfill our life\u2019s dreams or personal potential. Dorie Clark has done a lot of interesting things in her life: She left home at 14 to attend a school for gifted students. She transferred to Smith College, graduating magna cum laude, & then earned a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She\u2019s been a Presidential campaign staffer, public speaker, musical theater lyricist, leadership author, & today teaches at the Duke University Fuqua school of business. And as she reveals in our discussion, she had a long-term strategy for achieving them all. Read the word \u201cgifted,\u201d & we might assume Clark\u2019s success was pre-ordained & even guaranteed. But the essence of her book is that few people (including her) ever achieve success without also experiencing delays, setbacks, denials & even failures. In effect, she says we need to be nimble & adapt when circumstances change. But long-term thinking is what undergirds everything & enables us to make those adjustments. If we embrace long-term strategy & recognize that the path may change over time \u2014 that\u2019s what maximizes our chances of success. Noting there's no such thing as overnight success, Clark\u2019s book reminds us that this doesn\u2019t mean success for us will be illusive. It means we just need a more effective process for achieving it. That\u2019s what this episode is all about: helping you get back on track to achieving all you were meant to.","og_url":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/","og_site_name":"Mark C. Crowley","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leadfromtheheart","article_published_time":"2021-12-29T20:27:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-07T22:46:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dorie-1000.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark C. Crowley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@MarkCCrowley","twitter_site":"@markccrowley","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark C. Crowley","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/"},"author":{"name":"Mark C. Crowley","@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1138da8fd75b050dbc1f6097ddcf6507"},"headline":"Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World","datePublished":"2021-12-29T20:27:30+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-07T22:46:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/"},"wordCount":455,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dorie-1000.jpg","keywords":["Dorie Clark","Duke Fuqua","Lead From The Heart","Strategy","The Long Game"],"articleSection":["Podcast"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/","url":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/","name":"Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World - Mark C. Crowley %","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dorie-1000.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-29T20:27:30+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-07T22:46:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1138da8fd75b050dbc1f6097ddcf6507"},"description":"Success in life is never a question of how many tasks we get done in a day. It's not even a question of what we manage to achieve. Instead, it's knowing our life\u2019s purpose and taking the right steps to fulfill our potential. That all sounds very nice & neat until we come face-to-face with real life, where short-term thinking, short-term gratification & short attention spans often take us off track. We also live in a society that values \u201cbusyness\u201d & treats it as a badge of honor. And, so, when we tell ourselves all the time that \u201cwe don\u2019t have enough hours in the day,\u201d it\u2019s not really a sign of accomplishment \u2013 it\u2019s a sign our lives are out of control & that we\u2019ve lost sight of what truly matters & makes our lives meaningful. These are some of the big ideas from Dorie Clark\u2019s new book, \u201cThe Long Game: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term World,\u201d which launched recently as a Wall Street Journal bestseller. And her conclusion is that if all we do is bumble along reacting to events as they happen, we won\u2019t ever fulfill our life\u2019s dreams or personal potential. Dorie Clark has done a lot of interesting things in her life: She left home at 14 to attend a school for gifted students. She transferred to Smith College, graduating magna cum laude, & then earned a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She\u2019s been a Presidential campaign staffer, public speaker, musical theater lyricist, leadership author, & today teaches at the Duke University Fuqua school of business. And as she reveals in our discussion, she had a long-term strategy for achieving them all. Read the word \u201cgifted,\u201d & we might assume Clark\u2019s success was pre-ordained & even guaranteed. But the essence of her book is that few people (including her) ever achieve success without also experiencing delays, setbacks, denials & even failures. In effect, she says we need to be nimble & adapt when circumstances change. But long-term thinking is what undergirds everything & enables us to make those adjustments. If we embrace long-term strategy & recognize that the path may change over time \u2014 that\u2019s what maximizes our chances of success. Noting there's no such thing as overnight success, Clark\u2019s book reminds us that this doesn\u2019t mean success for us will be illusive. It means we just need a more effective process for achieving it. That\u2019s what this episode is all about: helping you get back on track to achieving all you were meant to.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dorie-1000.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dorie-1000.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/dorie-clark-how-to-be-a-long-term-thinker-in-a-short-term-focused-world\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dorie Clark: How To Be A Long-Term Thinker In A Short-Term Focused World"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/","name":"Mark C. Crowley","description":"Transformational Leadership For The 21st Century","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/7pu.55f.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1138da8fd75b050dbc1f6097ddcf6507","name":"Mark C. Crowley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mark-avatar.webp","url":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mark-avatar.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mark-avatar.webp","caption":"Mark C. Crowley"},"description":"Mark C. Crowley is the author of The Power of Employee Well-Being: Move Beyond Employee Engagement To Build Flourishing Teams -- and Lead From The Heart: Transformational Leadership For The 21st Century which has been taught in 11 American universities. He is a global speaker, leadership consultant and thought leader on the topics of workplace culture, employee well-being and thriving employees.","sameAs":["https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5","https:\/\/x.com\/MarkCCrowley"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}