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

Your Change Plan Is a Map. You Need a Compass.

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

Say “Yes, And!” to the Person Who Annoys You the Most

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

Say “Yes, And!” to Playing with a Full Deck with Stephen Shapiro

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

Bored, Awkward, and Rejected

I spent years believing that if nobody was complaining, everything was fine. I was wrong, and this thirty second clip is where I first said why, before I even knew I was describing my own business.The clip on this page is from a keynote I gave before I’d written my book or built out the

No News Is Not Good News

You know that moment, right?Where one more setback, one more rejection, hearing one more “yes, but” is enough to make you finally want to throw your hands up and say, “okay, enough! I QUIT!”I certainly have over the last 30 years. Some as recently as a year ago.When that happens, there are a few things I

The Books I Reach For When I Feel Like Quitting