"Piercingly frank, funny, gorgeous, vulnerable, and ultimately really damn helpful."
-- Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult
How to Begin is for you if...You're
ambitious, but feel you've never been given
full permission to find and strive for what's possible for you.
You've achieved things in your
career, and it's now time to "climb the second mountain" and think about
legacy. You're
unhappy with how the world is working right now, and you want to
change your part of it for the better.
You're a
coach, and you want to
support your clients to be great and do great things.
You're
at the start of your adult life, and you're fired up to live a life of meaning and impact.
You're
ready to begin, and to start doing something that matters.
We unlock our greatness by working on the hard things.With The Coaching Habit, Michael Bungay Stanier wrote the bestselling coaching book of the century. With The Advice Trap, he showed you how to tame your Advice Monster. Now, he's here to help you
reclaim your ambition, figure out
what you should do that matters... and
begin. This is your
practical guide to finding the
focus and courage to set a Worthy Goal: one that lights you up, compels you to grow, and serves a bigger game by being thrilling, important, and daunting.
With Michael's trademark humor, compassion, and laser-focused clarity, you'll walk through a tested process to:
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find and strengthen your Worthy Goal to the very best it can be;
- get
absolutely clear on your commitment so you know what you're up for;
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develop the resources to cross the threshold, so you don't have to travel alone;
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build momentum, progress, and impact. Don't regret
a life half-lived. Use this book to
start doing something that matters. ***
"Piercingly
frank, funny, gorgeous, vulnerable, and ultimately really damn helpful."
-- Julie Lythcott-Haims,
New York Times bestselling author of
How to Raise an Adult "Of particular appeal for those of us who instinctively recoil from self-help woo-woo and
just want to get on with doing Great Work that leaves the world a bit better than we found it."
-- Courtney Hohne, chief storyteller for Moonshots, X (formerly Google X)
"A
friendly voice and a
guiding hand."
-- Austin Kleon,
New York Times bestselling author of
Steal Like an Artist "Eminently
practical, clever, delightful, and beautifully rendered--a non-fiction Where the Wild Things Are for adult dreamers and doers."
-- Whitney Johnson, bestselling author of
Smart Growth and
Disrupt Yourself "
I loved this book, and that's coming from a gal who's never been big on goals."
-- Liz Wiseman,
New York Times bestselling author of
Impact Players and Multipliers "
Powerful, magical, and compelling. We don't need more time, we simply need to decide."
-- Seth Godin, author,
The Practice
