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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.

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"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

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Page Two (15 February 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1774580586
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1774580585
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.05 x 1.42 x 20.4 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 3,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“My name is Michael. I can hop. Do you want to see me hop?” That’s how I introduced myself to strangers at the supermarket when I was three. Not much has changed. Here’s the formal bio (best bits at the end).

Michael Bungay Stanier is at the forefront of shaping how organizations see coaching as an essential leadership competency. His book The Coaching Habit is the best-selling coaching book of this century, with over a million copies sold. In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching, and he has spoken on coaching from Brené Brown's podcast to the TEDx stage.

Michael founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organizations transform from advice-driven to curiosity-led. He currently leads MBS.works, a place where people find the clarity, confidence and community to be a force for change.

En route to today—and these are essential parts of his origin story—Michael knocked himself unconscious as a labourer by hitting himself in the head with a shovel; mastered stagecraft at law school by appearing in a skit called Synchronized Nude Male Modelling; and wrote (and was paid for) a Harlequin Romance-esque story involving a misdelivered letter … and called The Male Delivery. He was a Rhodes Scholar.

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Ric Raftis

Makes you dig deep

Reviewed in Australia on 13 January 2022

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Goal setting is easy to talk about but to get a book that goes through the process in an in-depth manner is unusual. MBS takes you on a personal journey about beginning something and setting yourself up for success. Every step of the process digs a little deeper into your soul and your reasons for doing your project. By the end, you are perfectly clear on three things. Firstly on why you are undertaking the process, secondly on how you are going to go about it and most importantly, the cost of not seeing it through to the end.

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G. Matheson

Find your next big thing

Reviewed in Australia on 14 January 2022

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If you’ve read the Coaching Habit or The Advice Trap then you’d be familiar with MBS’s very accessible and applicable writing style. This is a really workshopped and clear process through finding the right goals, articulating them clearly and setting out plans for action. A quick read that I can see myself revisiting regularly

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Teena T

'Worthy' goal setting! with great practical application

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Setting goals and committing can be difficult - this books helps you set 'worthy' goals that have a call to action, with great practical examples to explain the process- and it all begins on the cover!!!

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Ciara

I feel so seen

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2022

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Title of review for dramatic effect and humour! This is a great book. Already a huge MBS fan, have read 2 previous titles. This make doing the hard work (thinking about you and your priorities and how your going to achieve them) a lot easier and more entertaining vs if you were to do them solo. First review posted on Amazon but felt compelled to rate and highly recommended this book. Selected paragraph highlighted there is more people like me out there which is comforting! Thoroughly enjoying working through the exercises and getting my house in order!

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“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.”

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2022

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I love this book. Don't be deceived by how accessible it feels. MBS has grappled with the universal question of why we all struggle to do hard difficult work and come out on top.

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Jacqui W

Stunningly helpful and powerful.

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Stunningly helpful and powerful. And funny! This book is helping me begin my bravest endeavour yet at being my own kind of force for positive change in the world… well, aside from parenting, my bravest yet! MBS is, as ever, totally inspiring. I’m grateful.

Diana

Finding Answers to How To Set Goals for Yourself

Reviewed in Canada on 13 January 2022

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Michel’s new book, How to Begin, provides a roadmap on how to set goals for the year that inspire and motivate you. In his words, “start doing something that matters, something thrilling, important and daunting”. He offers practical advice and really gets you thinking about how to stretch yourself to the next level of being. I found the advice inspiring and has had me thinking, over the past couple of weeks, about my own big audacious goals. (I had an advance copy.)

I enjoyed this book and it came to me at the right time as I contemplate shifting my consulting business in a new direction. It is like having a coach beside you. Michael has put a great deal of thought into this book and is a leader in his field. I highly recommend this book. Cheers, Diana

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anil

Objective way of starting on goals and achieving more than just the goals

Reviewed in India on 29 January 2022

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I loved the structure this book provides for taking on something big and bold. Prior to this, I used to think taking something on at that scale was purely based on individual passion and self-motivation. It makes taking on a big project an objective, step-by-step process that anyone can do. Whether you are clear about what you want to begin or are still figuring that out, this course will help you set out on your journey and make the journey joyful. It did for me.

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