– Oliver Burkeman, New York Times bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
With The Coaching Habit, I wrote the bestselling coaching book of the century. With The Advice Trap, I showed you how to tame your Advice Monster.
Now, I want you to think differently and boldly, about your goals, your ambition, and the difference you want to make in the world.
My new book How to Begin: Start Doing Something that Matters will help you find, define and start your own Worthy Goal.
Before I tell you about the book … let me show you your bonus for pre-ordering it.
Having people pre-order books helps the author enormously. It gets traction online and on the charts, and creates a buzz that’s impossible to ignore. (So a big thank you, if you do this 😊.)
I’ve done something special to make pre-ordering the book … not just tempting but, I hope, irresistible.
And I’ve done it by teaming up with some extraordinary friends and colleagues.
When you pre-order a single copy of How to Begin before January 10th – and register your purchase here – you gain access to this extraordinary online event with:
And me
before Jan 10
When you order just one copy of How to Begin, you get two pretty fabulous bonuses. First, we’ll send you immediate access to the ebook, so you’ll get to read the book before anyone else. Second, you’ll get a ticket to the Begin, Grow, Pivot & Learn online event on January 20th.
How to Begin: Claim ambition for yourself and the world, and learn to set a Worthy Goal
by Michael Bungay Stanier
Hard Pivot: Draw on an Olympian’s hard-earned wisdom to manage change.
by Apolo Ohno
Smart Growth: Utilize the S-curve to create more impact for yourself and your team
by Whitney Johnson
Let’s Learn: A journal to help make learning one of your superpowers.
by Ekpedeme “Pamay” M. Bassey
Buy one copy of How to Begin + any 2 of these books
before Jan 10
Buy any three books, and as well as access to the ebook and the BGP&L conference, you unlock access to unique experiences from each of the four teachers. More details below on what exactly that awesome content is!
before Jan 10
For 250 people only, you also get 6 unique letterpress cards with envelopes, and 10 postcards, each with a unique design of my catchphrase, “You’re awesome & you’re doing great”. I’ve only had 250 sets printed, so … if this takes your fancy, don’t wait too long!
You want that: to be the best version of you, and to be working on stuff that matters.
And yet, it can feel daunting…
2022 Can Be Different
It’s been a hard couple of years. We’re all taking a deep breath and asking ourselves: What was that? How have I made it through? And is it over yet?
If you’re feeling tired, or overwhelmed or perhaps a little lost, well, you’re not alone.
And also … if you’re feeling excited, you can taste the possibilities, you’re growing and getting back to your best self, and your mojo’s rising … you’re also in excellent company.
The good news is 2021 is wrapping up soon enough. 2022 beckons. A new year can be a fresh start.
It Won’t Be a Fresh Start Just by Accident
You already know that the magic doesn’t just happen when the calendar page flips over.
It becomes a fresh start by you consciously, courageously and kindly deciding to begin shaping something that matters … and gathering the spirit and the tools and the community to make it so.
This book is the practical guide to set a Worthy Goal, to find the focus and the courage to do something Thrilling (it lights you up), Important (it serves a bigger game), and Daunting (it will stretch and grow you).
Join a unique online gathering to share principles and practices that will make your 2022 extraordinary. This gathering will be an interactive experience with a rich blend of teaching and sharing that’s both practical and gorgeous.
Apolo, Whitney, Pamay, and Michael will teach alone and together for over 90 minutes. You’ll leave with new insights and new tools for the year ahead.
BGP&L will be broadcast at 1pm – 2:30pm EST on January 20th, and be available for replay for 30 days.
PLUS you’ll get the How to Begin eBook (Nov 15th) so you don’t have to wait for the printed book to arrive!
Tickets are available by buying just one copy of How to Begin.
Four extraordinary teachers will help you ask and answer the critical questions that will help you lay out a clear path towards what you want.
Apolo Ohno is America’s greatest ever Winter Olympian. In his new book Hard Pivot he shares five golden principles, principles that have allowed him to change, adapt, reinvent, and find renewed purpose as he’s managed his life as an athletic superstar and beyond.
Ekpedeme “Pamay” M. Bassey is the chief learning and diversity officer for the Kraft Heinz Company. In her new book Let’s Learn Our Way Through it, she provides a step-by-step vibrant learning practice to fuel transformation.
Whitney Johnson is ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the top fifty management thinkers in the world for her insight on change and leadership and the CEO and founder of Disruption Advisors. Her new book Smart Growth deepens and expands her award-winning work on the S-curve, a profound tool that helps people and organizations understand and manage growth.
Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of The Coaching Habit, the million-selling book on coaching. In this new book How to Begin, he lays out how to find and start a Worthy Goal: something that is thrilling, important and daunting. It will help you reclaim ambition for yourself and for the world.
It’s a powerful time of year.
For some of us, it can be the moment when those New Year’s Resolutions have finally slipped away (again), and you’re in most danger of slipping back to making this year much the same as the year before.
For others, it’s the time we’re ready to be bold, build momentum and light the touch paper.
I hope we’ll see you there.
Tickets are available by buying just one copy of How to Begin
Buy three books in any combination (it could be three books from one of the teachers, or one each from three of the teachers) and you’ll gain access to additional tools and resources.
The Four Permissions by Michael Bungay Stanier. A six-part video course, encouraging and provoking you to be more courageous, more human and more adventurous. $79 value
Ready to Grow: a diagnostic from Whitney Johnson to measure yours and your team’s readiness to move up the S-curve.
Olympic Secrets, an exclusive conversation between Apolo Ohno and a fellow Olympian.
CLO Roundtable where Pamay explores how to jump start a personal or organizational learning transformation.
These books will be classics
Get everything from above plus art!
When you buy a dozen books, you’ll get a bonus of 6 unique letter press cards and 6 postcards, each with a unique design of my catchphrase “You’re Awesome & You’re Doing Great”.
I’ve only had enough for 250 sets to be printed and they are simply gorgeous. Whether you keep them all for yourself, or choose to send them to people you love, this is a special bonus and thank you for ordering a dozen books.
No matter. We’ll share the recording of it for 30 days after the event. But after that … it’s gone!
Thank you so much for supporting me and buying How to Begin early. I’m very grateful to you for that.
One book unlocks access to the Clear Path Gathering (Begin, Grow, Pivot & Learn) on January 20th. It will be streamed live, and available for viewing for 30 days.
Here’s how you do it.
While you’re waiting for your books and our conference in January, I’ll be in touch with your bonus material and ebook!
