Episode #132: Self-Help for the Rest of Us with Terry Lancaster

From the #1 bestseller Better!

terry lancasterMy guest today lives in my town, but we’ve never met. His name is Terry Lancaster.

Suffice it to say it won’t be long before we do meet face-to-face. He’s pretty awesome.

He is an entrepreneur, speaker, and #1 best selling author. He helps salespeople and entrepreneurs create better lives and build better businesses one step at a time using the power of habit, focus and flow.

He is a TEDx speaker and his articles have appeared in Forbes and The Good Men Project.

Terry’s #1 bestselling book is Better! Self-Help for the Rest of Us.

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In today’s episode, Terry and I discuss:

  • The difference between striving for perfection and living a perfectly great life
  • His belief that sustainable change is almost always achieved through incremental change
  • Why expectations are the enemy of happiness and gratitude is its BFF
  • And a lot more…

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Terry’s Latest Book

You can order your copy of Better! Self-Help for the Rest of Us right now.

Terry in Action

Books Terry Recommends

The books of Dale Carnegie, including How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Not Taught: What it Takes to Be Successful in the 21st Century That Nobody’s Teaching You from Jim Keenan. Jim was also a recent guest on Read to Lead.

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

Terry Lancaster’s Resources

The best place to find out more about Terry is at his website.

Here, you can pick up a copy of Terry’s new book.

You might consider booking Terry to speak at your next event.

Connect with Terry on Twitter and LinkedIn.

We also chatted about the work of Stanford professor B.J. Fogg and his site Tiny Habits.

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