Episode 112: Ask A Coach - A Single Action and Book Recommendations

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Taking Action and The Inside Job When It Comes To Asking For Book Recommendations

We open with a question about momentum.  A longtime client and friend finds herself ready for something totally different from a position she has held for a long time, knows the big picture and needs a little jumpstart to get going.  This conversation delves into strategies for creating change and action.

We discuss the power of sharing and declaring your intention as an avenue for change. Sharing these thoughts with our cheerleaders and our fans gives us a means of talking through wants, motivations, and obstacles and ask for support.

Support can take a variety of forms:

  • We can ask for accountability.

  • We can ask for their insight into our strengths and abilities.

  • We can ask for an introduction.

But we must start...let's go!

Our second topic is an Inside Job favorite: Book recommendations.

What we’ve discovered is that sometimes the ‘ask’ for a book recommendation isn’t really about book recommendations. Sometimes it has more to do with looking for the shortcut to an answer, the search for a playbook someone else has written to solve our problem.  Might that work?  It depends!  We offer a few ways to examine the pressure for just one more answer in one more book. 

That said, we share a few of our favorite book recommendations that are built around powerful ideas and new ways to approach our personal and work lives.  Let us know what you think.

In Our Conversation Today We’re Exploring:

  • How public declarations and reaching out for support can help us develop momentum when we’re not sure where to get started

  • Why it’s important to reflect on what we’re really looking for when we ask for a book recommendation

  • How Nayla and Eric approach book recommendations and what books they most often recommend

Resources mentioned in this episode:

This was a commencement speech David Foster Wallace gave to Kenyon College’s 2005 graduating class. It’s about recognizing that we get to decide how to make meaning out of our own experiences and to choose how we respond to things that happen in our lives.

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