I came across Chris Guillebeau when I stumbled across his terrific (and free) ebook, A Brief Guide to World Domination. Since we recorded this interview, he’s released another fantastic (and free) ebook 279 Days to Overnight Success and continues to write a great blog on his website, The Art of Non-Conformity. But what’s most impressive is that Chris is absolutely clear about what a good life means to him – and stands as an impressive role model on how to live that authentic, exciting and generous life.
I’m totally chuffed that Chris wrote an original piece for Do More Great Work.
In this interview you’ll hear:
- How the crisis that sparked his Great Work set the foundation for future success
- What Chris learned about focus from the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami
- What Chris’s bad habit is – and how he manages it
- An approach for setting goals
This interview is approximately 25 minutes long.
Posted on February 12, 2010
Michael Port is a best-selling business author. His first book, Book Yourself Solid was on the best seller lists for months, and this week he’s publishing his latest, The Think Big Manifesto. Its subtitle says it all: “Think you can’t change your life (and the world)? Think again!”
I’m thrilled that Michael wrote a piece for Do More Great Work.
In this interview Michael and I look at:
- Why you should know your limits and avoid the Bonk
- The power of goal setting
- How to create a To Not Do list
- The Think Big Revolution
This interview is approximately 20 minutes long.
Posted on February 11, 2010
Tags: Author,
Coaching,
Goals,
Happiness,
Impact,
Marketing,
Right People,
Satisfaction,
Self-reflection,
Support,
Think Big
Kevin and Melinda Berg are a formidable pair and their story speaks powerfully to what it means to overcome challenges to do more Great Work. They are parents, college graduates and they run their own small business – so far, nothing out of the ordinary. But they are also the founders of Access Life, a non-profit organization that supports people with mobility impairment. Kevin and Melinda know the importance of that personally, because Kevin has cerebral palsy and has been confined to a wheelchair all his life. He has difficulty speaking, he can’t feed or dress himself and yet in the face of these physical limitations, he has stayed focused on doing Great Work. Access Life finds the funding for people who need high-tech wheelchairs, funding that is routinely denied by government or insurance companies. In this interview we talk about:
- What it means to be “eye-level” and how that changes everything
- The inspiring story of the first fundraiser for Access Life and what a “Kevin Mile” means
- The power and importance of a team to achieve Great Work
Posted on August 14, 2009
Carl Oxholm is a tax partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers here in Canada, and is a friend and a client. Above and beyond his regular duties managing client and their tax planning challenges, Carl is also the national champion for the Coaching Initiative for partners within PwC. In this conversation he brings the perspective not just of somebody who is at the top of his game in a professional service firm, but also has thought long and hard about he impact of coaching and how organizations can be doing more Great Work and less Good Work. In this broad-ranging interview we look at:
- Carl’s role in championing a vision and values program within PwC – and what made it stick
- How to balance focus on the “how” and the “what” to help support behavioural change
- The importance of “presence” and self-knowledge to be able to role model Great Work
- The role of courage in Great Work
Posted on August 11, 2009
Tags: Business,
Change,
Coaching,
Corporate Culture,
Courage,
Engagement,
Goals,
PFS,
Resistance,
Right People,
Values,
Vision
