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EPISODE · Mar 4, 2026 · 10 MIN

Despise Not the Day of Small Things

from Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life · host Michelle Burkhard

What if the smallest things in your life are actually themost powerful?In this episode, Michelle reflects on the launch of her newbook, 50 Questions Coaches Ask to Be a More Impactful Coach, and what it represents. While speaking at the Michigan AEYC conference and celebrating 25 years of involvement, she pauses to consider a deeper truth: big outcomesalmost always begin with small, quiet questions.For Michelle, questions are more powerful than opinions,ideas, or even answers. The quality of your life and leadership is shaped by the quality of the questions you ask yourself and others. What are you asking? What are you looking for? What are you cultivating?She explores how unplanned moments of rest, reflection, andpresence often generate the most transformational insights. Drawing from leadership tools like the Eisenhower Matrix and the Kanban method, she challenges the assumption that constant activity equals productivity. Sometimes the most “unproductive” moments become the birthplace of your greatest impact.Whether you are coaching, leading, parenting, or buildingsomething meaningful, this episode invites you to examine how you treat the small things in your life. Because what looks small today may become everything [email protected]/CoachingAcademyGrowBy1.com/CEU

What if the smallest things in your life are actually themost powerful?In this episode, Michelle reflects on the launch of her newbook, 50 Questions Coaches Ask to Be a More Impactful Coach, and what it represents. While speaking at the Michigan AEYC conference and celebrating 25 years of involvement, she pauses to consider a deeper truth: big outcomesalmost always begin with small, quiet questions.For Michelle, questions are more powerful than opinions,ideas, or even answers. The quality of your life and leadership is shaped by the quality of the questions you ask yourself and others. What are you asking? What are you looking for? What are you cultivating?She explores how unplanned moments of rest, reflection, andpresence often generate the most transformational insights. Drawing from leadership tools like the Eisenhower Matrix and the Kanban method, she challenges the assumption that constant activity equals productivity. Sometimes the most “unproductive” moments become the birthplace of your greatest impact.Whether you are coaching, leading, parenting, or buildingsomething meaningful, this episode invites you to examine how you treat the small things in your life. Because what looks small today may become everything [email protected]/CoachingAcademyGrowBy1.com/CEU

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