1078: How to Stop Playing Small and Achieve Your Greatest Goals with Richard Medcalf

2025-07-24

Richard Medcalf gets to the heart of why so many high achievers get stuck—and offers a transformative solution for reaching the next level.— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why strategy alone won’t get you to the next level2) The signs you’re playing too safe or slow3) The bold reframe that leads to a more meaningful lifeSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1078 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT RICHARD — Richard Medcalf describes himself as "what you get i...

Richard Medcalf gets to the heart of why so many high achievers get stuck—and offers a transformative solution for reaching the next level.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why strategy alone won’t get you to the next level

2) The signs you’re playing too safe or slow

3) The bold reframe that leads to a more meaningful life

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1078 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT RICHARD —

Richard Medcalf describes himself as "what you get if you were to put a McKinsey consultant, a slightly unorthodox pastor and an entrepreneur into a blender".

He is the founder of Xquadrant, which helps elite leaders reinvent their 'success formula' and multiply their impact. His personal clients include CEOs of billion-dollar corporations, successful serial entrepreneurs, and the founders of tech 'unicorns'.

Richard has advised the C-Suite for over 25 years. After a Masters at Oxford University, where he came top in his year, he joined a premier strategy consultancy and later became the youngest-ever Partner. He then spent 11 years at tech giant Cisco in an elite team reporting to the CEO.

Richard is bi-national English/French, lives near Paris, and is happily married and the proud father of two. He has an insatiable love for spicy food and the electric guitar.

• Book: Making TIME for Strategy: How to be less busy and more successful

• Book: The 10X Reckoning: Why great leaders get stuck, play small, or go slow—and how to ignite your life’s greatest work

• Free digital version: The 10X Reckoning

• LinkedIn: Richard Medcalf

• Podcast: The Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast

• Website: XQuadrant.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Article: “ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study” by Andrew R. Chow

• Study: “Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task” by Natalia Kosmyna et al.

• App: Streaks

• Past episode: 867: How to Stop Being Busy and Start Being Strategic with Richard Medcalf

• Past episode: 1000th Episode Special!