“George Bernard Shaw was on to something years ago when one of his maxims for revolutionaries stated, “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“You can use the 3P model you read about in the Kickstart Question chapter to make sure you cover all the bases. Projects What… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Science has whittled that number down over time, so now it’s generally assumed that four is actually the ideal number at which we can… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Winston Churchill said that people “occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Building a coaching habit will help your team be more self-sufficient by increasing their autonomy and sense of mastery and by reducing your need… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“that the secret to saying No was to shift the focus and learn how to say Yes more slowly.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“But a Yes is nothing without the No that gives it boundaries and form.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Self-Management If you can read just one book on motivation—yours and others: Dan Pink, Drive If you can read just one book on building… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Part of what makes the Focus Question work so well are those two final words, “for you.” A 1997 study involving a fairly convoluted… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“The simple act of adding “for you” to the end of as many questions as possible is an everyday technique for making conversations more… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Dan Pink talks about the importance of this in his excellent book Drive.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Ron Popeil is the grandfather of them all, and his stock phrase was “But wait, there’s more…” — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“What is our winning aspiration? Framing the choice as “winning” rules out mediocrity as an option. If you want to win, you need to… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
