What Got You Here Won't Get You There
by Marshall Goldsmith
Narrated by Marc Cashman
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
The habits that made you successful are probably the exact ones quietly capping your ceiling — and Goldsmith names them without mercy.
- Great if you want: blunt, actionable coaching for mid-to-senior career growth
- Listening experience: brisk and conversational — feels like a sharp keynote, not a lecture
- Narration: Cashman delivers Goldsmith's direct tone cleanly, no theatrics
- Skip if: you prefer deep psychology over behavioral checklists
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About This Audiobook
Marshall Goldsmith has spent decades coaching senior executives, and his central finding is counterintuitive: the behaviors that drive success in careers often become the behaviors that prevent leaders from reaching the next level. Small interpersonal habits, from winning at everything to making exclamatory judgments on others' ideas to not saying thank you enough, create negative perceptions that accumulate into real career limitations. The book catalogs twenty specific habits, explains their psychological roots, and offers concrete strategies for changing them.
Marc Cashman narrates with the crisp efficiency that suits business self-help, keeping Goldsmith's direct, jargon-free style accessible without losing its precision. The short chapters and practical examples translate well into audio, and Cashman's pacing allows the specific behavioral concepts to register before moving on. At just under ten hours, this is a compact, useful listen for anyone in a management or leadership position.