Backing Yourself with Coach Michael Bungay Stanier
“Sharing struggle helps people to connect.”
Have you ever met someone whose intelligence, spirit, and innate goodness just permeate every single conversation?
A person who leaves you feeling lighter, brighter, and more hopeful simply by being around them?
My latest Flourish or Fold - Stories of Resilience podcast guest, Michael Bungay Stanier, is one such person. Within a few seconds of hearing his episode, you’ll see what I mean.
Michael is a best-selling author, a Rhodes Scholar, and an undisputed expert in the art of coaching.
But in addition to his numerous accolades, Michael is, above all, an exceptionally excellent person. I'm so honored to be able to share his wisdom with you! Enjoy!
On the episode, we talk about:
How taking on your messy life can help you create your next big project (2:31)
Why Michael decided to back himself on his book project (21:40)
How his vulnerability practice has helped him succeed (33:29)
About Coach Michael Bungay Stainer
Michael Bungay Stanier helps people be a force for change.
He’s best known for his book The Coaching Habit which has sold over a million copies and has thousands of 5-star reviews online. His latest book How To Begin helps people be ambitious for themselves and for the world and, find their Worthy Goal, and start something thrilling, important and daunting.
He founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organizations move from advice-driven to curiosity-led. They’ve trained hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like and their clients range from Microsoft to Salesforce to Gucci.
Michael left Australia about 30 years ago to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University … where his only significant achievement was falling in love with a Canadian … which is why he now lives in Toronto, having spent time in London and Boston.
Balancing out these moments of success, he was banned from his high school graduation for “the balloon incident” … was sued by one of his Law School professors for defamation … and his first published piece of writing was a Harlequin Romance-esque story involving a misdelivered letter … and called The Male Delivery.
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