Bring every generation. The wisdom flows both ways, and so do the surprises.
Get a couple generations in one room and everyone arrives with something to offer. The older folks have decades of hard-won advice. The younger ones have a read on the world the rest haven’t caught up to yet. Naturally, everyone wants to share what they know. Here’s the happy surprise this book points to: the questions beat the advice.
“What’s on your mind?” from a grandparent to their grandchild, or the other way around, opens up something a lecture never could. So bring all the wisdom you’ve got. Then get curious about everyone else’s. That’s where the good stuff lives.
Two or more people from different decades. The wider the range, the better.
Short enough to finish in a sitting. The audiobook is wonderful, read by Michael, with bonus material in the anniversary edition.
The whole habit is a little more asking, a little less telling. Bring your curiosity about the others in the room.
Same questions, different answers, decades apart.
Everyone reads the book first, then 60–90 minutes together on the questions.
Better for going deeper. Take the extra time together to pick one or two of the Seven Essential Questions and start practicing.
If you could pick anyone from another generation and ask them anything at all, who would you pick and what’s the first question you’d ask?
How does your Advice Monster show up differently with someone from a different generation?
Most people have a different Advice Monster with their parents than with their colleagues or peers.
What’s something about your generation you wish the others appreciated more?
Think of a time an older or younger person drew the answer out of you rather than handing you theirs. What changed because they did it that way?
What’s something your generation gets right that the others should steal?
What was most useful for you?
The Coaching Habit is the kind of book that earns a permanent spot on your shelf. People underline it, write in it, and come back to it. There are even fill-in sections designed for that.
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New illustrations. Two bonus chapters. A new chapter on showing up as a coach. Plus a signed bookplate and a limited-edition TCH10 wooden bookmark. Use code BOOKCLUB for 20% off. Get it at mbs.works/bookclub →
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Available on Audible and Spotify. MBS reads it himself. Find it at mbs.works/bookclub →
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That’s Question 7 and it’s the inspiration for your submission. When your group finishes, your group’s organizer submits something you found useful, from the book, the experience, the time together, whatever your group decides. Include a photo or video from your club with your submission. A screenshot of a video call counts. A picture of your text thread counts.
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