Awards

• Winner of Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award 2020
• Winner of Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 (United States)

Overview

Curating Your Life is not just a productivity book; it is a leadership development guide. To meet the challenges of today’s hectic business environment, leaders need a new way to organize and manage themselves to perform at their best. In the same way a museum curator creates a beautiful and meaningful exhibit by sorting, selecting, and arranging artifacts from the museum’s collection, a productive and impactful leader emerges by sorting, selecting, and arranging his or her commitments. The end result is the alignment of productivity with personal fulfillment and joy. Gail Golden has helped hundreds of business leaders achieve high levels of success by teaching them to curate their choices about where to spend both their time and, more importantly, their energy. She teaches skills to put those decisions into action by navigating interpersonal environments as well as mastering internal sabotaging voices. When leaders make intentional choices based on understanding what energizes them and where they can add the greatest value, they immediately become more effective and are able to engage their work with a new level of focus, vigor, and satisfaction. As a result, their organizations immediately benefit from the leader’s optimized effectiveness and ability to lead, inspire, collaborate, and drive the desired results.

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Gail Golden's Curating Your Life asks readers to change their perspective on how to live a meaningful and productive life. Everyone has so many responsibilities - work, family, personal interests - that we can sometimes feel out of control of our goals and priorities. Golden's view that anyone can be successful if we reevaluate what we are best at and use our energy in a more strategic, focused way.--Fred Cook, Chairman, Golin, Director of the USC Center for PR Enough with work/life balance! It never existed. Instead, performance coach Gail Golden teaches us to curate our lives. She proposes that we make the tough choices, so we focus our energy on the tasks that make us most productive and joyful. This book is for everyone from senior executives to early-career employees who want to maximize their impact and still have fun.--Laurel Bellows, Managing Principal, The Bellows Law Group, Former President, American Bar Association I have known Gail professionally for 11 years. She worked with several of my aspiring leaders when I was the dean at Roosevelt University Heller College of Business. Her work provided each of my leadership team members with ways to optimize their performance and enhance their lives by helping them identify their goals, bring to light their best skills and understand how they should delegate other activities that did not bring them joy. Gail is gentle, humorous and kind with everyone and each of my leaders told me her help was pivotal to their success. She truly does provide a perspective that balances expectations for high performance with compassion for the realities of life.--Terri Friel, Former Dean of Heller College of Business, Roosevelt University, Professor of Supply Chain Management, Capella University, USAT and Ironman Coach

"Curating Your Life is not for those looking for a simple, easy life hack that will allow them to do more, better, in less time (while looking fabulous). In this smart, helpful guide, Gail Golden exposes the futility of trying to do and have it all - encouraging us instead to achieve greater harmony, fulfillment, and effectiveness through reflection and intentional choices. Curating Your Life provides a candid and validating compilation of the hidden and conscious views of what it means to be human and the continuous aspirations we share to bring balance and self-awareness to our lives. Refreshing and honest. Enough with work/life balance! It never existed. Instead, performance coach Gail Golden teaches us to ""curate our lives."" She proposes that we make the tough choices, so we focus our energy on the tasks that make us most productive and joyful. This book is for everyone from senior executives to early-career employees who want to maximize their impact and still have fun. Finally, a book that dispenses with clichés about having it all and work life balance. Gail translates her years of experience into a helpful guide for curating the life we want. She shows us how to maximize our potential by focusing on what's really important and casting aside the distractions that deplete energy and focus. A must read for anyone trying and failing to be a Super Woman. Gail Golden has created a masterpiece for busy people who want more meaning in their lives. She draws on her background in psychology and business to teach us how to ""curate"" our lives in a purposeful way. She artfully highlights the cardinal mistakes people can't help but make and empowers us to sort out what's most important in life and use our energy for that. If you're beyond busy, this is a must-read. Gail Golden provides a new prism to look through to address the work life balance challenge facing leaders in a world with ever increasing demands on their time. It's a highly engaging read that will inspire you to curate your life. Gail Golden shows us the pathways to focusing our energy to be both more productive and more fulfilled. Gail Golden's book, Curating Your Life, provides inspiration and guidance about how to live a life of productivity and joy. Her chapter on ""re-curating"" reinforces some of the ideas in the new book I'm writing about constantly reinventing yourself and not turning into a ""used-to-be."" Packed with wisdom, facts, and wonderful stories, this book is a must-read. Gail Golden's Curating Your Life is revelatory, sound, and balanced. Too many of us have felt periods of over-obligation and inadequate self-care that require acknowledgment and action. Golden's idea of curation is both ""thoughtful and ruthless"" and provides a perspective not found frequently in a busy life. A must-read for CEOs, achievers, and passionate leaders - ""a well curated life is doable."" Gail Golden's Curating Your Life reminds us all that nobody has it all, but when you refocus your energy, you can do anything better. Golden's strategies for identifying what you are best at and harnessing your energy capacity will inspire you to lead a more productive life. Golden piles on dozens of case histories to prove her point. In a very colloquial manner, she moves readers toward greatness, acknowledging that its realization demands talent, opportunity, and fierce dedication. Every chapter ends with key takeaways, a good way to understand and test Golden's theories. In engaging prose, [Golden] shares techniques for self-reflection, bulleted lists for setting priorities, and expanded ruminations at the end of chapters. While Golden's book is aimed at those who feel overworked, readers of all ages and circumstances will learn from Golden's purposeful approach to life. This delightful fusion of psychology, business, and self-help will be a boost to anyone feeling overwhelmed. In our overamped world, we need practical ways to focus our energy on the things that truly matter. Gail offers just that. It's a timely antidote to FOMO culture and the debilitating chase that accompanies it. Through sage, sometimes counterintuitive counsel, Golden shows us that curation is the cure for much of what ails us. Perfection on all fronts at all times is totally overrated. Gail's relate-able, sensible, and often humorous ways to overcome the traps of needing to be always perfect are right on. This book is a must read for everyone navigating today's frenzied and demanding world of work. Simply put, Gail's approach works. I have seen first-hand how it optimizes performance and enhances lives. Gail truly provides a perspective that blends the expectations for high performance with compassion for the realities of life."

Enough with work/life balance! It never existed. Instead, performance coach Gail Golden teaches us to curate our lives. She proposes that we make the tough choices, so we focus our energy on the tasks that make us most productive and joyful. This book is for everyone from senior executives to early-career employees who want to maximize their impact and still have fun.--Laurel Bellows, Managing Principal, The Bellows Law Group, Former President, American Bar Association Gail Golden's Curating Your Life reminds us all that nobody has it all, but when you refocus your energy, you can do anything better. Golden's strategies for identifying what you are best at and harnessing your energy capacity will inspire you to lead a more productive life.--Fred Cook, Chairman, Golin, Director of the USC Center for PR Simply put, Gail's approach works. I have seen first-hand how it optimizes performance and enhances lives. Gail truly provides a perspective that blends the expectations for high performance with compassion for the realities of life.--Terri Friel, Former Dean of Heller College of Business, Roosevelt University, Professor of Supply Chain Management, Capella University, USAT and Ironman Coach Gail Golden provides a new prism to look through to address the work life balance challenge facing leaders in a world with ever increasing demands on their time. It's a highly engaging read that will inspire you to curate your life.--Pamela Forbes Lieberman, Corporate Director and Former True Value Company CEO In our overamped world, we need practical ways to focus our energy on the things that truly matter. Gail offers just that. It's a timely antidote to FOMO culture and the debilitating chase that accompanies it. Through sage, sometimes counterintuitive counsel, Golden shows us that curation is the cure for much of what ails us.--Tom Yorton, Founder of Shyne Advisors, LLC, Former CEO Second City Works, and Co-Author, Yes, And Curating Your Life provides a candid and validating compilation of the hidden and conscious views of what it means to be human and the continuous aspirations we share to bring balance and self-awareness to our lives. Refreshing and honest.--Ellen Rozelle Turner, President and CEO, William Everett Group Perfection on all fronts at all times is totally overrated. Gail's relate-able, sensible, and often humorous ways to overcome the traps of needing to be always perfect are right on. This book is a must read for everyone navigating today's frenzied and demanding world of work.--Andrea S. Kramer, coauthor of It's Not You, It's the Workplace: Women's Conflict at Work and the Bias That Built It and Breaking through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work Finally, a book that dispenses with cliches about having it all and work life balance. Gail translates her years of experience into a helpful guide for curating the life we want. She shows us how to maximize our potential by focusing on what's really important and casting aside the distractions that deplete energy and focus. A must read for anyone trying and failing to be a Super Woman.--Karen Horting, Executive Director and CEO, Society of Women Engineers Curating Your Life is not for those looking for a simple, easy life hack that will allow them to do more, better, in less time (while looking fabulous). In this smart, helpful guide, Gail Golden exposes the futility of trying to do and have it all - encouraging us instead to achieve greater harmony, fulfillment, and effectiveness through reflection and intentional choices.--David Mooney, Chief Executive Officer, Alliant Credit Union Gail Golden has created a masterpiece for busy people who want more meaning in their lives. She draws on her background in psychology and business to teach us how to curate our lives in a purposeful way. She artfully highlights the cardinal mistakes people can't help but make and empowers us to sort out what's most important in life and use our energy for that. If you're beyond busy, this is a must-read.--David Grossman, Leadership and Communications Expert, Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group Gail Golden shows us the pathways to focusing our energy to be both more productive and more fulfilled.--Andy Polansky, Chairman and CEO, Interpublic's Constituency Management Group (CMG) and Executive Chairman, Weber Shandwick Gail Golden's Curating Your Life is revelatory, sound, and balanced. Too many of us have felt periods of over-obligation and inadequate self-care that require acknowledgment and action. Golden's idea of curation is both thoughtful and ruthless and provides a perspective not found frequently in a busy life. A must-read for CEOs, achievers, and passionate leaders - a well curated life is doable. --Heather Becker, CEO, The Conservation Center Gail Golden's book, Curating Your Life, provides inspiration and guidance about how to live a life of productivity and joy. Her chapter on re-curating reinforces some of the ideas in the new book I'm writing about constantly reinventing yourself and not turning into a used-to-be. Packed with wisdom, facts, and wonderful stories, this book is a must-read.--Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times #1 bestselling author of Triggers, Mojo, and What Got You Here Won't Get You There

Author Information

Gail Golden is the Principal of Gail Golden Consulting, LLC, a management psychology firm specializing in executive coaching and organizational consultation on leadership development. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Indiana University. For the first half of her career, she worked in London, Ontario, where she led a psychotherapy practice, taught in the psychology department and the medical school at Western University, and wrote an advice column in The London Free Press. In mid-career she was ready for a new professional challenge, so she went back to school to earn her MBA from Western University. She combined her clinical experience with her business expertise to become a management psychologist in Chicago. In her free time she enjoys entertaining, singing, and playing with her grandchildren.

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