The Long Game
by Dorie Clark
Clark on long-term thinking in careers: creating white space, optimizing for interesting over impressive, thinking in waves (learning, creating, connecting, reaping), and persisting through the years when nothing visible happens. It is reasonable, well-illustrated and encouraging for patient people.
Read it if…
you are building something slowly and need reassurance and structure.
Skip it if…
you want quick wins; the book is about delayed ones.
Three things you will actually use
- Make room; nothing long-term grows in a full calendar.
- Choose interesting; it compounds.
- Expect years of invisible progress.
Do this first
Identify which wave you are in, learning, creating, connecting or reaping, and act accordingly.
Our verdict
Patient and sensible; a career book for the long haul.
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