{"id":659,"date":"2014-12-12T08:58:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T08:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/?p=659"},"modified":"2015-03-06T13:29:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T13:29:39","slug":"007-michael-bungay-stanier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/007-michael-bungay-stanier\/","title":{"rendered":"ICP 007 Michael Bungay Stanier on Building Lasting Habits (In Less Than 60 Seconds)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Listen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"player_container player-659\" ><div class=\"spp_player_textabove\"><b>  <\/b><\/div><div id=\"sm2-659\" class=\"playercontent sm2-bar-ui compact flat full-width full-width-player\"><div class=\"bd sm2-main-controls\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-inline-element sm2-button-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-button-bd\" style=\"background: transparent 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href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/inspirationalcreatives\/ICP007.mp3\">Right Click Here To Download This Episode Now<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>In this episode you&#8217;ll learn:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>How to permanently change your habits in 60 seconds or less<\/li>\n<li>How to get to your goals faster by doing more <em>Great Work<\/em><\/li>\n<li>How to get results by saying &#8216;no&#8217; to more people, requests and opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Michael-Bungay-Stanier-432-x-648.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Michael-Bungay-Stanier-432-x-648-200x300.png\" alt=\"Michael Bungay Stanier profile picture\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Michael-Bungay-Stanier-432-x-648-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Michael-Bungay-Stanier-432-x-648.png 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Michael Bungay Stanier, founder and senior partner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofcrayons.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Box of Crayons<\/a>, can help you to do more <em>Great Work<\/em> and less <em>Good Work<\/em>. Michael is the author of a number of books including <em>Do More Great Work<\/em>, which has sold some 90,000 copies, and <em>End Malaria<\/em> which raised $400,000 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malarianomore.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Malaria No More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode Michael offers you his version of what it means to do <em>Great Work<\/em>. We talk about how to change your habits quickly and effectively with Michael&#8217;s <em>New Habit Formula<\/em><sup>TM<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A transplanted Australian living in Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:01:26]<\/span> Rob introduces Michael Bungay Stanier from Box of Crayons<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:04:36]<\/span> Michael provides a rapid-fire biography. Talking about his childhood in Canberra.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:08:40]<\/span> Michael shares how he adapted a model from Milton Glaser&#8217;s book <em>Art of Work <\/em>to create the Box of Crayons <em>Great Work<\/em> model.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inspiration is when your past suddenly makes sense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:09:21]<\/span> The two ways Box of Crayons helps busy managers and people, like you, to do Great Work: the only work that matters?<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:09:54]<\/span> Michael describes the <em>Great Work<\/em> model: what is great work, good work and bad work?<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:12:03]<\/span> How do you now apply these different concepts? Knowing that we are all pulled from many directions, Michael zones in on what <em>Great Work<\/em> means to him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Give people responsibility for their own freedom&#8221; &#8211; Peter Block<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Why you must stop saying &#8216;yes&#8217; to everything<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:13:15]<\/span> Michael offers you three exercises to try to start saying &#8216;no&#8217; to more.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:16:49]<\/span> Michael suggests that there is something powerful about being able to articulate and define what your <em>Great Work<\/em> project is.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:17:43]<\/span> One of the metrics of life is that if everyone is happy with you, you&#8217;re probably only doing good work, not <em>Great Work<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What might you give additional courage and focus to?&#8221; &#8211; Michael Bungay Stanier<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>[0:18:03]<\/span> How do you start saying no to more people, requests and opportunities?<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:19:17]<\/span> Michael describes how he gets stuck on every Great Work project that he works upon: Getting stuck is part of the deal. How do you get unstuck?<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:20:39]<\/span> The importance of thinking time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/inspirationalcreatives\/ICP007.mp3\">Right Click Here To Download This Episode Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Behind the scenes at Box of Crayons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:21:42]<\/span> The importance of having people around you.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:22:55]<\/span> Who are your supporters? Who have you got that will give you intellectual, emotional and financial support to help you with your Great Work?<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:23:20]<\/span> Michael describes how he founded Box of Crayons. He talks about how nowadays he focusses on only the stuff he can do: creating new content and sales.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:24:20]<\/span> Discussing delegation, Michael talks about what is easy for him to delegate and how his wife helps him to let go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to really change your habits in less than 60 seconds\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:25:22]<\/span> Michael describes the <em>New Habit Formula<\/em><sup>TM<\/sup> model and how it can help you change your behaviour by getting out of the groove: changing your neural pathways.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:30:07]<\/span> What&#8217;s inspired Michael in the last seven days? (the answer might surprise you!)<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:32:54]<\/span> Great Work requires focus, courage and resilience.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"Click to Tweet\" href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/43bgc\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.&#8221; &#8211; Edwin Land, Founder of Polaroid<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Links and people mentioned in this episode:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Box of Crayons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofcrayons.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Box of Crayons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Milton Glaser - Art is Work\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1wLEOSj\" target=\"_blank\">Milton Glaser <em>Art is Work<\/em><\/a>*<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Peter Block\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterblock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Block<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Charles Duhigg\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1DZZ4iD\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Duhigg <em>The Power of Habit<\/em><\/a>*<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"B. J. Fogg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bjfogg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">B. J. Fogg and Tiny Habits\u00ae<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Zen Habits\" href=\"http:\/\/zenhabits.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zen Habits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Gretchen Rubin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gretchenrubin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gretchen Rubin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"James Hill - Billie Jean\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/u778gSi94N4\" target=\"_blank\">James Hill performing <em>Billie Jean<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>If you enjoyed this podcast, you&#8217;ll also like:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/008-focus-on-work-that-matters\/\" title=\"ICP 008 How To Focus On The Work That Matters (In Less Than 6 minutes)\">How To Focus On The Work That Matters (In Less Than 6 minutes)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What is Inspirational Creatives?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/000-what-is-inspirational-creatives\">Episode 000 What is Inspirational Creatives?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ICP 001 Greg Hartle on Solving Problems with Curiosity, Resilience and Grit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/001-greg-hartle\/\">Episode 001 Greg Hartle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ICP 002 How To Quit Your Career and Succeed by Avoiding Two Costly Mistakes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/002-how-to-quit-your-career-successfully\/\">Episode 002 How to Quit Your Career and Succeed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ICP 003 Pam Slim on Storytelling, Creative Writing and Childhood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/003-pamela-slim\/\">Episode 003 Pam Slim<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Thanks for listening<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you enjoyed the show, please leave an honest review and rating on iTunes by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/itunes\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. 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