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The Greg McKeown Podcast

143. True North Leadership with Bill George (Part 2)

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever pursued or even achieved something only to feel unsatisfied? That you've given your energy, your effort to winning a game, but having won it, have questioned the whole experience? Today we will continue with part two of the interview with Bill George. Bill is the former CEO and chairman of Medtronic. He's the Henry B. Arthur Fellow of Ethics at Harvard Business School. He's a businessman, he's an academic, he's a coach. He's the author of a new book, True North Emerging Leader, and by the end of this episode, you will be able to prevent yourself from winning the wrong game. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com

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0:00.0

Welcome back everybody, I'm your host Greg McEwan, the author of Two New York Times Best

0:07.4

Sellers Essentialism and also Effortless, and I'm here with you today coming from Cambridge

0:12.5

England no less to see if we can't make an even higher contribution together.

0:19.2

Have you ever pursued or even achieved something only to feel unsatisfied, that you've given

0:26.1

your energy, your effort to winning a game, but having won it have questioned the whole

0:33.7

experience. Today we will continue with part two of the interview with Bill George. Bill

0:40.1

is the former CEO and chairman of Betronic. He's the Henry B. Arthur Fellow of Ethics at

0:45.8

Harvard Business School. He's a businessman, he's an academic, he's a coach. He's the author

0:51.1

of a new book True North Emerging Leader. And by the end of this episode you will be able

0:56.6

to prevent yourself from winning the wrong game. Let's begin.

1:21.1

Remember if you want to learn faster, understand more deeply and increase your influence, teach

1:30.5

just one idea from this episode to someone else within the next 24 to 48 hours.

1:36.8

This episode is sponsored by Factor Meals. The season is a bit ironic I think because

1:48.5

on the one hand, it's a time that can be peaceful, rejuvenative, inspirational as it helps

1:55.1

us to think about higher, better things. And at the same time, it can become reactive,

2:01.3

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2:09.1

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2:14.1

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2:27.5

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2:33.6

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2:39.4

healthy lifestyle that you're aspiring to the rest of the year while still tackling

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