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Feb 2022
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Michael Bungay Stanier on Starting Well ...

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Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of 6 books that have, between them, sold more than a million copies. He’s perhaps best known for his self-published book, The Coaching Habit, which is the best-selling book on coaching this century and is already recognized as a classic. He founded the training and development company, Box of Crayons, which has taught coaching skills to hundreds of thousands of people around the world and he created a book in partnership with Seth Godin which raised $400,000 for Malaria No More. 

In this episode, Eric and Michael Bungay Stanier discuss his new book, How to Begin.

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Michael Bungay Stanier and I Discuss Starting Well to Finish Well and…

  • His book, How to Begin
  • Tools to deal with fear and anxiety when they arise
  • Sitting with the tension of ambition and contentment
  • The secret is, once you have a goal, the key is to stop worrying about the goal
  • That we unlock our greatness by working on the hard things
  • The three steps that make up the foundation of actually beginning
  • The key of beginning well that helps you stick with a project
  • How to set a Worthy Goal
  • The ways Worthy Goals can evolve
  • How to the prizes and punishments of various commitments

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