The Long Game

A philosophy for the second half of life.

The Long Game is an invitation to live deliberately, with more aliveness, connection and meaning.

It’s not about doing more. It’s about becoming more of who you really are.

The first half of life is about becoming somebody.

The second half is about becoming yourself.

We spend the first half building, achieving, providing and proving. And then life interrupts the story we’ve been living.

The Long Game begins when we turn and face the questions of how we want to live now.

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The Long Game is built on seven principles

Qualities that shape how we live

1. Redefine Success

Success is a wonderful servant. A terrible master.

How am I measuring my life?

2. Choose Aliveness

Life isn’t something to optimise. It’s something to experience.

When do I feel most alive?

3. Belong Deeply

We aren’t meant to do life alone.

Where do I truly belong?

4. Become the Elder

Experience isn’t something to retire with. It’s something to offer.

What am I here to pass on?

5. Play

Joy isn’t childish. It is one of the ways we know we’re alive.

What have I stopped doing?

6. Live From Your Heart

Love. Forgiveness. Gratitude. Kindness.

What response would my heart choose?

7. Live Deliberately

We are all living on borrowed time. That’s not depressing. It’s liberating.

If time were limited, what would matter today?

This is a conversation, not a programme.

The Long Game is about sitting down with good men and having real conversations about what matters most.

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