"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
