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EPISODE · Oct 13, 2025 · 1H 30M

How to master the Life Reinvention Playbook with Michael Bungay Stanier

from Don't Let The Old Man In

Today we discuss:the idea of curiosity driving experimentation and learningthe notion of ‘identity diversification’how to begin new projects or joining new associationswhat men can do to stop giving advice (in a world where AI can give better advice every time) and get better at listening to the core needs of the other personWhat he does to stay happily married to Marcella after 30 years, especially, given he travels the world for long periods of a timehow as an entrepreneur he handed over the reins of his business to a CEO and stepped awayhow selling millions of copies of “The Coaching Habit”, changed his lifethe power of journalling in midlifehow he stays creativebeing in the sandwich generation, i.e. taking care of elderly parents and why his brothers and he are hoping they, together, will eventually be as good as one competent daughterwhy training now for the last decade will prevent a world of painIn a landscape too often dominated by platitudes, generic thinking and, as Billy Connoly once said, the colour beige, Michael’s willingness to vulnerably and often hilariously share his own struggles and his relentless drive to create positive change make him a uniquely valuable voice.68f7e4bb2e18ecdf37761468431fba77b61c6626 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we discuss:the idea of curiosity driving experimentation and learningthe notion of ‘identity diversification’how to begin new projects or joining new associationswhat men can do to stop giving advice (in a world where AI can give better advice every time) and get better at listening to the core needs of the other personWhat he does to stay happily married to Marcella after 30 years, especially, given he travels the world for long periods of a timehow as an entrepreneur he handed over the reins of his business to a CEO and stepped awayhow selling millions of copies of “The Coaching Habit”, changed his lifethe power of journalling in midlifehow he stays creativebeing in the sandwich generation, i.e. taking care of elderly parents and why his brothers and he are hoping they, together, will eventually be as good as one competent daughterwhy training now for the last decade will prevent a world of painIn a landscape too often dominated by platitudes, generic thinking and, as Billy Connoly once said, the colour beige, Michael’s willingness to vulnerably and often hilariously share his own struggles and his relentless drive to create positive change make him a uniquely valuable voice.68f7e4bb2e18ecdf37761468431fba77b61c6626 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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