How to Tame Your Advice Monster and Become a Better Listener | Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael Bungay Stanier shares the story behind self-publishing his bestselling book The Coaching Habit after multiple rejections, now celebrating its 10th anniversary. He explains core coaching principles: taming the advice monster, staying curious longer, and asking better questions instead of offering solutions. The conversation explores paradoxes in coaching—balancing confidence with humility, being both fierce and loving—and personal growth work like integrating one’s shadow side. He also reflects on holding outcomes lightly while caring deeply, and the unpredictability of creative success.