“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 Beginis for you if…
You’reambitious, but feel you’ve never been givenfull permissionto find and strive for what’s possible for you.

You’ve achieved things in yourcareer, and it’s now time to “climb the second mountain” and think aboutlegacy.

You’reunhappywith how the world is working right now, and you want tochange your partof it for the better.

You’re acoach, and you want tosupport your clientsto be great and do great things.

You’reat the start of your adult life, and you’re fired up to live a life of meaning and impact.

You’reready 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 youreclaim your ambition, figure outwhat you should dothat matters… andbegin.

This is yourpractical guideto finding thefocus and courageto 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 strengthenyour Worthy Goal to the very best it can be;
– getabsolutely clearon your commitment so you know what you’re up for;
–develop the resourcesto cross the threshold, so you don’t have to travel alone;
–build momentum, progress, and impact.

Don’t regreta life half-lived.Use this book tostart doing something that matters.