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I often get asked how I sold more than a million copies of The Coaching Habit. I wish I had one, but, of course, there is no singular answer - just a combination of things going well and a healthy dose of magic fairy dust. One thing we got right, though, is the design of the book itself. So many books feel heavy - a wall of text - and I wanted a book that felt lighter, accessible, and non-intimidating. In whatever you’re working on, what experience are you creating?
Stefan Butcher is an acclaimed graphic designer and illustrator who likes designing books, and questions. When I found him through his wonderful book, 344 Questions: The Creative Person’s Do-It-Yourself Guide to Insight, Survival, and Artistic Fulfillment, I already knew we would get along. Get book links and resources at https://www.mbs.works/2-pages-podcast/
Stefan reads two pages from ‘The Salmon of Doubt’ by Douglas Adams. [reading begins at 19:35]
Hear us discuss:
Disrupting the status quo: “I’m weird … but I’m not a threat to anybody, I’m just trying to make my thing happen and help others do the same.” [9:23] | Performative competence versus embodied competence. [13:29] | How to keep your heart open: “It’s not the pain that kills you, it’s the numbness.” [24:22] | The difficult choice of what to work on. [28:40] | The essence of collaboration: “We are each other’s keeper.” [33:31]
191. Obsessed (in a good way): Kaya Thomas [reads] “Positive Obsession” by Octavia Butler
191. Obsessed (in a good way): Kaya Thomas [reads] “Positive Obsession” by Octavia Butler
190. How Empathy Calms Anxiety: Marc Brackett, author of “Permission to Feel,” [reads] “7 ½ Lessons about the Brain”
189. Beware Your Shadow Career: Jay Papasan, author of “The One Thing,” [reads] “Turning Pro”
188. Frailty, Strength, and Leadership: Amy Elizabeth Fox, CEO of Mobius Executive Leadership, [reads] ‘Attuned’
187. The Hardest & Best Creative Question: Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like An Artist [reads] ‘What It Is’
186. New Year, New News, New Cow: MBS [reads] Purple Cow by Seth Godin
185. The Power of Dreams and Authentic Leadership: Modupe Akinola [reads] Genesis, Chapter 37, of the Bible
184. Better Life Vault: Who do you serve?: Dave Stachowiak [reads] ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’
183. Better Life Vault: How to be *Really* Happy: Stephanie Harrison [reads] ‘The Way of the Bodhisattva’
182. Better Life Vault: Getting Better at Falling Apart: Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe, author of ‘Calm Within the Storm’ [reads] ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’
181. How to be An (Effective) Hedonist: Charlie Bresler [reads] ‘The Life You Can Save’
180. Realizing Your Potential: Jonathan Brill [reads] ‘The Medium Is the Massage’
179. Influence + Failure = Originality: Geoff Dyer [reads] ‘The Country and the City’
178. Imagine Winning: Rob Hopkins [reads] ‘We Do This ‘Til We Free Us’
177. How to be a Bigger Person: Tiziana Casciaro [reads] ‘The Heart is Noble’
176. What Beckons to You? Olatunde Sobomehin [reads] ‘The Life We’re Looking For’
175. Strength in Fragile Times: Susan Collett [reads] ‘The Creative Habit’
173. What Reconciliation Means: Bob Joseph, author of ‘21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act,’ [reads] ‘BE DiFFERENT or be dead’
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