A Week of Living Brilliantly | Michael Bungay Stanier
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Feel clearer, calmer,
and more intentional —
in just 5 minutes a day.

A Week of Living Brilliantly delivers a short, powerful lesson to your inbox every day for 7 days to help you reset your focus, shift your mood, and spark a little joy.

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Brought to you by Best-Selling Author & Thought Leader,
Michael Bungay Stanier, and brilliant colleagues like Neil Pasricha, Sanyin Siang, Ruben Chavez and more!

Imagine starting each day feeling just 1% lighter

2026 doesn’t have to be a continuation of last year’s slog. Yesterday’s unfinished business, today’s to-dos, other people’s needs and wants on constant rotation in your brain, news stories that range from disappointing to disturbing …

What if 5 minutes a day could positively shift your outlook and mood, that ripples through your entire day?

A Week of Living Brilliantly brings you surprising and delightful lessons from 7 brilliant thinkers that spark clarity, calm, and joy — in the time it takes to sip your morning espresso. All you have to do is open your email.

One soulful lesson per day from a trusted voice, nudging you toward clarity. For 7 days.

Ready to try it for yourself (for $0)?

Shift Your Focus & Intention

3,598 thoughtful humans
already feel the shift

Thousands of leaders, teachers, creatives, and lifelong learners have joined. And the results? They feel lighter and more grounded and less overwhelmed. Just 5 minutes a day makes a difference.

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Meet Your Guide: Michael Bungay Stanier

You can call me MBS. That’s what all my friends call me, and I feel that you and I will get there soon.

I’ve always been more interested in asking better questions than having perfect answers. I get a kick out of nudging people toward their best work. I’m drawn to big questions, tiny shifts, and the thrilling awkwardness of figuring things out in public.

I’ve written some books (like Best-Selling The Coaching Habit and The Advice Trap), built some tools, and started a few conversations that seem to have stuck … including A Week of Living Brilliantly.

If any of my work helps you get clearer, braver, or just a little more yourself, then I’m doing my job.

 

What people says about MBS Works

“My favorite thing about Michael’s work is his ability to deliver actionable, tactical strategies that are based on well researched ideas and data, then packaged in a book that I can read on a flight. And, the wisdom is real – it sticks.”

– Brené Brown, Author of Atlas of the Heart and Dare to Lead

“You translate big ideas into understandable tools, which helps me a) use those tools b) give those tools c) create my own tools.”

“I reflect much more than ever before. I’m learning to see through fresher eyes.”

Michael Bungay Stanier

Best-selling author of “The Coaching Habit” (1M+ copies sold). #1 thought leader in coaching.

Here’s what your
brilliant week looks like:

  • A daily dose of awesome straight to your inbox for 7 days
  • One lesson per email from a superb teacher that will take ~5 minutes to consume
  • An invitation to apply the lesson to your own life
  • Reflection questions designed to poke (gently), delight, and help you see things more clearly
  • Life-time access (because they live in your inbox!)
  • Access to brilliant lessons, a new perspective, and a spark of inspiration and joy — for free!

Make your week more joyful

After the very first “brilliant idea”

I was looking forward, with great expectation, to the next and subsequent ones. Kudos to you for the idea. We recipients are grateful!”

I have loved this week.

It was brilliant in making me stop and think and look differently at the day ahead. I did the year of living brilliantly…and would do it again…please don’t stop…sometimes the smallest step makes the biggest difference (I think that may be something I learnt from you?)”

Thanks Michael and team for a brilliant week full of great content and new thoughts and ideas.

It’s been an absolute blast and I’ve enjoyed reading every email and thinking about how I could integrate these insights into my everyday life. Having a little 1.5yr old boy at home made it a real challenge to read books (like e.g. the advice monster which I loved btw) and get new inputs – so the 5 minutes per day were just perfect for me and easy to fit into my busy schedule which my toddler dictates :-). So THANK YOU very much, this was great!”

Great week of insights

and lessons to consume, learn, try, and launch. Thanks for sharing”

5 Minutes a day in  2026

Start your year with a little more intention and a lot more joy.

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“After the very first “brilliant idea”, I found I was looking forward, with great expectation, to the next and subsequent ones. Kudos to you for the idea. We recipients are grateful!”
-Barbara
“I have loved this week. It was brilliant in making me stop and think and look differently at the day ahead. I did the year of living brilliantly…and would do it again…please don’t stop…
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-Jane
“Thanks Michael and team for a brilliant week full of great content and new thoughts and ideas. It’s been an absolute blast and I’ve enjoyed reading every email and thinking about how I could integrate these insights into my everyday life.
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-Denise
“Great week of insights and lessons to consume, learn, try, and launch. Thanks for sharing”
-Chris

3,598 thoughtful humans
already feel the shift

Thousands of leaders, teachers, creatives, and lifelong learners have joined. And the results? They feel lighter and more grounded and less overwhelmed. Just 5 minutes a day makes a difference.

 

“These ideas have been excellent and left me feeling like things are, “more possible.” The ideas and actions are more good tools in the toolbox and something to go to each day to ensure some successes and feeling more grounded.”
-Renee
“I really appreciate the joyous, uplifting tone of your email appearances, Michael! They are day-brighteners! Each lesson had value, the one that sticks best is the last one: it is simple, “blue and true”.
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-Viviane
“The content this week was top tier. So far, what’s been most useful for me was the 2 min morning and yesterday’s take on failure. Appreciate you and your squad MBS. You are truly awesome and doing grrreeaat.”
-Ray
“This has been a great week focused in on only five minutes a day, which is totally manageable. Thank you for doing this. The one lesson that resonated with me. The most is the failure to fuel lesson.
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-Kirsten
“Thank you for a great week! What landed for me is the few minutes of reflection each morning. In a messy, busy life we often run on repeat-no planning to our approach to each day’s scenario.
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-Sylvana
“What landed for me Michael was you being there. Whether the lessons worked or not you were there, every day, checking in and cheering me on. I will miss you next week.”
-Jackie
“My week has been changed by the lessons I learnt everyday from your team. In particular what was a massive change for me is knowing that the feelings of discomfort will not engulf me.
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-Katie