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The Long Game Playbook: Persistence, Patience, and Purpose in a Fast-Paced World with Dorie Clark

Category: Health
Duration: 01:03:16
Publish Date: 2026-04-03 13:00:00
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In this episode, Dorie Clark explains her long-game playbook about persistence, patience, and purpose in a fast-paced world. She explores the challenges of prioritizing long-term goals over daily distractions, the cultural obsession with busyness, and strategies for sustained motivation. Dorie also shares things that include saying no to good opportunities, embracing failure as a delay rather than a dead end, and breaking big goals into manageable steps.

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Key Takeaways:

  • The contrast between short-term thinking and long-term goals.
  • The cultural perception of busyness as a status symbol.
  • Strategies for managing time and prioritizing meaningful work.
  • The parable of two wolves representing good and bad impulses.
  • The importance of making conscious choices in life and work.
  • The challenge of saying no to good opportunities.
  • Goal-setting techniques and the value of pursuing interesting choices.
  • The role of persistence and resilience in achieving long-term objectives.
  • Learning from failure and viewing setbacks as temporary.
  • The significance of maintaining motivation through small, actionable steps.

For full show notes:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

If you enjoyed this conversation with Dorie Clark, check out these other episodes:

The Search for Meaningful Work with Bruce Feiler

Purposeful Living: Strategies to Align Your Values and Actions with Victor Strecher

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