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.