Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
We unlock our greatness by working on the hard things.
Coaching expert and bestselling author Michael Bungay Stanier (MBS) is on a mission: to help people achieve their most ambitious, daunting, worthy projects. But how can you get across the threshold so you can make bolder, more courageous choices in other areas of your life? The secret doesn't lie in mastering new habits and hacks; it's about downloading a new operating system for your life. MBS shows you how to regain power and make forward progression on projects and dreams that are meaningful to you.
First, figure out The Plan. Be unabashedly ambitious for yourself and the world, commit to the work of hard change, and begin your hero's journey.
Then, follow The Threshold Process. Set a worthy goal, weigh the prizes and punishments of acting (or not acting), and then take the first steps toward that goal.
Instead of doubting yourself, fearing you'll make a mistake, and feeling like you need to play "small" so you don't disrupt the status quo, start showing up for yourself so you can show up for the world. Don't regret a life half-lived. Stepping up and pursuing your dreams is hard ... and it's exhilarating, and it's important. Let MBS show you how to get clear, get confident, and start anything that matters.
Synopsis
"Piercingly frank, funny, gorgeous, vulnerable, and ultimately really damn helpful." -- Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult
Unlock your greatness. Set a goal that matters to you--and to the world
With The Coaching Habit, Michael Bungay Stanier penned 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 and motivation to become your best self, driven with purpose and meaning.
If you are ready to get unstuck, to figure out what you should do that matters, to unlock your best self, to take on a project that you know is yours--you need to know How to 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 humor, compassion, and laser-focused clarity, Bungay Stanier walks you through a tested process to:
- find and refine your Worthy Goal to meets three integral criteria;
- strengthen your Worthy Goal with three tests--and a single word that takes it from Good to Great;
- get clear on your commitment;
- build the resources to cross the threshold and begin;
- how to travel in small steps to ensure that you progress;
- find the four types of people you need to travel with--and the fifth you should consider;
- and a good deal more.
This book is for you if ...
You're at the start of your adult life, and you're fired up to live a life of meaning and impact.
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 ambitious, but feel you've never been given full permission to find and strive for a Worthy Goal.
It needs you to begin, and start doing something that matters.
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"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
"Piercingly frank, funny, gorgeous, vulnerable, and ultimately really damn helpful." -- Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult
"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
Synopsis
"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:
- 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;
- develop the resources to cross the threshold, so you don't have to travel alone;
- 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