you only get one go on this planet it's a really short time yes you got it you've got to be finding the time to do the work that matters that makes a difference that likes you up that you care about and we just all ended up in cul-de-sacs way too often where we're like this is this is a waste of my time. I'm going to do. Hello and welcome to the future podcast. I'm your producer Greg Gunn and we have a very

special episode for you today. Our guest is an Oxford grad and author of the wildly popular book The Coaching Habit.

He's a champion of curiosity that believes the advice we so eagerly give is not nearly as good as we think it is. Now I had trouble writing an intro for this

one because the conversation between he and Chris was so rich with insight and

tactics that I couldn't boil it down into just one clear idea.

In fact, I went back and listened to it twice because I was so captivated the first time around.

So I will tell you this.

Grab your headphones, a pen and paper, settle into somewhere comfy, and just listen.

I promise that you will come out of it better equipped to navigate life. And if you're smart, you will have covered at least a page with useful notes. But don't take my word for it. Do

yourself a favor and enjoy our fascinating conversation with Michael Bungay Stagner.

I don't have the ability oftentimes to read the book before I talk to somebody on my

podcast but this is one of those moments where I'm actually able to read your book and I'm so glad that I did.

First of all, it's a very easy book to read. I think I recommended to 100 people literally this morning

that was on my coaching call, so we'll see what happens there. Thank you. Okay so I'm going to kick it off like this.

I'm going to ask you a very very simple question. So what's more valuable?

Questions or answers? Well I'm going to do the classic answer and go, well, it depends.

Because it depends on the context, it depends on the moment, it depends on everything.

I go all the way back, Chris, to Daniel Goldman, who you'll know the name of is the guy who

popularized a whole idea of emotional intelligence.

And Goldman says, in an article he wrote for Harvard Business Review way back in 2000

articles called Leadership that Gets Resolved he says look there are six

different styles of leadership and great leaders know how to use all sex at the right time at the right moment.

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