Michael Neill does good newsletter. Last week I showcased my conversation with Mike Dooley, who writes a fantastic daily email. But Michael Neill’s newsletter is the model I based my own on – practical, wise and personal.
Michael’s put out three terrific books in the last three or four years, starting with You Can Have What You Want, then Feel Happy Now and most recently Supercoach. They’re like his newsletters – deeply practical and drawing on diverse wisdom to offer up ways to live a deeper, richer life.
Now, his tag line is “advisor to movie stars, music moguls, business leaders and royals.” I’m sure that’s true, but I really like what he brings to the greater pool of humanity, be it through his Genius Cafe, his radio show or his books.
In this conversation we kick around topics such as:
- Why busy is highly overrated – and what to do about it
- What marshmallows can tell you about creating a meaningful life
- How to hear past the noise that confuses us to what we really want
- And how you can save money by hiring a lamppost instead of a coach. (Well, it’s a little more complicated than that.)
Listen to my interview with Michael here
The interviews are all between 25 and 30 minutes long.
You can either download them here as mp3s, or go to iTunes, type in “Great Work Interviews” and you’ll see them all there.
Marshall Goldsmith has been acclaimed by many organizations and institutions as one of the great thinkers in business and in HR. His 2007 book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There was a New York Times bestseller and the Wall Street Journal’s number one business book in 2007, and his most recent book Succession looks like it will have the same level of success. I’m constantly struck by his generosity of spirit as well as his wisdom, and he demonstrates both in this interview.
