In a world obsessed with page views, followers, likes, and clicks, keeping up with the competition can feel like a frustrating game where the rules are constantly changing and you're always playing catchup. In his new acclaimed book, Playing the Long Game, Sam Kyle offers refreshing advice for breaking away from the Play a different game! Through personal vignettes and battlefield tales from some of the most accomplished innovators in business and sports, Sam makes the compelling case that the best way to build long lasting, enduring success is to forfeit the small wins today (that your competition is clawing after) for massive returns tomorrow. Specifically, you'll • How to resist the seduction of the short game that everyone else is playing now so you can stand as a victor in the long game later • The three skills anyone can master to be a world class player of the long game • How to craft your long game strategy so you can be confident that the investments you make today will yield a bigger payout tomorrow • How to apply long game principles to your business or organization so it can not only weather the unpredictable and ever-changing future, but thrive and grow for years to come By following the practical guidelines laid out in this book, you will learn how playing the long game will give you the skills and confidence to reap outsized rewards for your efforts, not only in business, but in your health, happiness and personal relationships.
"Playing the long game is following the road less travelled by turning down what feels good now in favor of what we think will set us up for feeling awesome later on. We need to put up with criticism from those who are playing the short game and will tell us we're boring or wasting our time." (Source: Playing the Long Game: How to Create Long Term Success in a "Right Now" World)
This is a short book, but I still got a lot out of it. Long term thinking is so important and the examples of the book and how to think about long term thinking is really good. Highly recommended
* It means to understand the power of compounding. Small cumulative steps that can be sustained (marathon) over big steps that can't (sprints). * It means to understand second order thinking. Look for "the effects of the effects". It's one thing to consider whether something would be beneficial or not, or whether we want to do it or not. It's quite another considering if it would be beneficial on the long run. What will the effects be? * It means to understand delayed gratification. We suck at it. Just believe you can improve it. Find intrinsic motivation and put safeguards in place.
Only half way through but I feel like the book is rather superficial and forgettable. There is no really new insights and I've read most of these ideas in articles.