1078: How to Stop Playing Small and Achieve Your Greatest Goals with Richard Medcalf

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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

• Book: The 10X Reckoning: Why great leaders get stuck, play small, or go slow—and how to ignite your life’s greatest work

• 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!

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