Image credit: serguntStephen Shapiro spent three months and 11,000 miles living out of his car to research a book. Then he wrote a different book.He told me this on my podcast like it was one of the best things that ever happened to him. Goal-Free Living wasn’t the book he set out to write. It’s
Image credit: grinvaldsI have no spades.No, I’m not talking about the card game, Spades. I’m talking about Personality Poker, the assessment/tool/awesomesauce that Stephen Shapiro created. It’s also one of the things we talked about when he was on my podcast. Stephen’s system runs on four suits, each mapped to a way of operating. Diamonds are the
What if understanding who you’re NOT is actually more important than understanding who you are?In this episode, I sit down with innovation expert, Hall of Fame speaker, and author Stephen Shapiro for a wide-ranging conversation about innovation, goals, productivity, personality, collaboration, and creating cultures where different types of people can do their best work.Stephen and
I recently joined my friend and fellow speaker Penny Zenker on her Time to Reset podcast for a conversation about change, leadership, improv, and the power of a “Yes, And” mindset.One of the big ideas we explored is something I’ve been speaking about a lot lately:The biggest obstacle to change isn’t resistance. It’s apathy.When someone
I recently had the opportunity to join Jodi Grinwald and guest co-host Fred Wasiak on the Today is the Day Changemakers podcast.And somewhere along the way, I admitted to having an unusual goal:This year, I’m trying to be more bored, awkward, and rejected.Not exactly the usual recipe for success.But here’s why.I teach this stuff, but
Image credit: AnatolyMYou spend a year building something. You have no idea if it’s any good. Then you put it out into the world and wait.That’s what writing my book felt like. Not one big moment of doubt, but rather a long, quiet stretch of it, spread across a year of dumping content onto notepads
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