727: How to Start Something New and See it Through with Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael Bungay Stanier shares his three-step process for starting and achieving your most ambitious goals. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The secret to crafting more motivating goals 2) Why we often falter—and how to strengthen your resolve 3) The four people you’ll want on your journey Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep727 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT MICHAEL — Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of six books which between them have sold more than a million copies. He’s best known for The Coaching Habit , the best-selling coaching book of the century and already recognized as a classic. His new book, How to Begin , helps people be more ambitious for themselves and for the world. Michael was a Rhodes Scholar and plays the ukulele badly. He’s Australian, and lives in Toronto, Canada. Learn more at www.MBS.works. • Book: How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters ( website ) • Book: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever • Book: The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever • Book : Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters • Podcast: 2 Pages with MBS • Website: MBS.works — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Product: Baron Fig • Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen • Book: Virgil Wander by Leif Enger • Poem: “The Man Watching” by Rainer Maria Rilke — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Blinkist. Read or listen to summarized wisdom from thousands of nonfiction books! Free trial available at blinkist.com/awesome • FSAstore.com . Use your flex spending account funds with the greatest of ease! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .