Nurturing Beautiful Messes and Agency

Daniel explains that productive messiness signals agency and self-organization, which drives growth.

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Daniel Coyle shares how to infuse ordinary work moments with greater meaning, joy, and fulfillment.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why shared improvement beats self-improvement

2) The three minute visualization that liberates tremendous clarity

3) Why vulnerability comes before trust–not after

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— ABOUT DANIEL —

Daniel Coyle is the New York Times bestselling author of The Culture Code, which was named Best Business Book of the Year by Bloomberg, BookPal, and Business Insider. Coyle has served as an advisor to many high-performing organizations, including the Navy SEALs, Microsoft, Google, and the Cleveland Guardians. His other books include The Talent Code, The Secret Race, The Little Book of Talent, and Hardball: A Season in the Projects, which was made into a movie starring Keanu Reeves.

Coyle was raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and now lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, during the school year and in Homer, Alaska, during the summer with his wife, Jenny, and their four children.

• Book: Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment

• Website: DanielCoyle.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Graph Gear mechanical pencil

• Book: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe

• Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear

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• Past episode: 732: How Aspiring Leaders Can Succeed Today with Clay Scroggins

• Past episode: 830: Lessons Learned from the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness with Dr. Robert Waldinger

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