{"product_id":"how-to-begin-start-doing-something-that-matters-9781774580585","title":"How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Piercingly frank, funny, gorgeous, vulnerable, and ultimately really damn helpful.\"\u003c\/b\u003e -- Julie Lythcott-Haims, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Raise an Adult\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnlock your greatness. Set a goal that matters to you--and to the world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Coaching Habit\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Bungay Stanier penned the bestselling coaching book of the century. With \u003ci\u003eThe Advice Trap\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf 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 \u003ci\u003eHow to Begin\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith humor, compassion, and laser-focused clarity, Bungay Stanier walks you through a tested process to: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- find and refine your Worthy Goal to meets three integral criteria;\u003cbr\u003e- strengthen your Worthy Goal with three tests--and a single word that takes it from Good to Great;\u003cbr\u003e- get clear on your commitment;\u003cbr\u003e- build the resources to cross the threshold and begin;\u003cbr\u003e- how to travel in small steps to ensure that you progress;\u003cbr\u003e- find the four types of people you need to travel with--and the fifth you should consider;\u003cbr\u003e- and a good deal more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is for you if ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou're at the start of your adult life, and you're fired up to live a life of meaning and impact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou've achieved things in your career, and it's now time to \"climb the second mountain\" and think about legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou're unhappy with how the world is working right now, and you want to change your part of it for the better. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou're a coach, and you want to support your clients to be great and do great things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou're ambitious, but feel you've never been given full permission to find and strive for a Worthy Goal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt needs you to begin, and start doing something that matters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A friendly voice and a guiding hand\" -- Austin Kleon, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSteal Like an Artist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Piercingly frank, funny, gorgeous, vulnerable, and ultimately really damn helpful.\" -- Julie Lythcott-Haims, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Raise an Adult\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eSmart Growth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDisrupt Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I loved this book, and that's coming from a gal who's never been big on goals.\" -- Liz Wiseman, \u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Impact Players and Multipliers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Powerful, magical and compelling. We don't need more time, we simply need to decide.\" -- Seth Godin, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Page Two Books, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774580585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Michael Bungay Stanier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574586187957,"sku":"9781774580585","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ce86874a-25e2-42f8-a6b6-c7b46677a107.jpg?v=1643696367","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/how-to-begin-start-doing-something-that-matters-9781774580585","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}