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1078: How to Stop Playing Small and Achieve Your Greatest Goals with Richard Medcalf
Description
Richard Medcalf gets to the heart of why so many high achievers get stuck—and offers a transformative solution for reaching the next level.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why strategy alone won’t get you to the next level
2) The signs you’re playing too safe or slow
3) The bold reframe that leads to a more meaningful life
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— ABOUT RICHARD —
Richard Medcalf describes himself as "what you get if you were to put a McKinsey consultant, a slightly unorthodox pastor and an entrepreneur into a blender".
He is the founder of Xquadrant, which helps elite leaders reinvent their 'success formula' and multiply their impact. His personal clients include CEOs of billion-dollar corporations, successful serial entrepreneurs, and the founders of tech 'unicorns'.
Richard has advised the C-Suite for over 25 years. After a Masters at Oxford University, where he came top in his year, he joined a premier strategy consultancy and later became the youngest-ever Partner. He then spent 11 years at tech giant Cisco in an elite team reporting to the CEO.
Richard is bi-national English/French, lives near Paris, and is happily married and the proud father of two. He has an insatiable love for spicy food and the electric guitar.
• Book: Making TIME for Strategy: How to be less busy and more successful
• Free digital version: The 10X Reckoning
• LinkedIn: Richard Medcalf
• Podcast: The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast
• Website: XQuadrant.com
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Article: “ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study” by Andrew R. Chow
• Study: “Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task” by Natalia Kosmyna et al.
• App: Streaks
• Past episode: 867: How to Stop Being Busy and Start Being Strategic with Richard Medcalf
• Past episode: 1000th Episode Special!
— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —
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