You know there’s something more you’re meant to do.
Maybe it’s a leap. A shift. A letting go. A becoming. But you don’t need another self-help plan. You need a permission slip.
Enter Four Permissions.
In this short, poetic course, bestselling author Michael Bungay Stanier offers you four unexpected invitations to shake loose what’s stuck, see yourself more clearly, and move towards what matters most. Through powerful poems and quick, provocative insights, you’ll explore what it means to:
- Be reckless — in the best possible way
- Be faithless — to the things holding you back
- Be tyrannical — about reclaiming your ambition
- Be consumed — in service of something meaningful
This course will help you reclaim your boldness, rewrite the rules, and reimagine what’s next.
The Four Permissions is for you if
You Love Learning
Especially in new and provocative ways
that challege your thinking
You Crave Growth
And want it to feel honest,
surprising, beautiful, and human
and human.
You’re Ready for Change
For something new,
but you aren’t sure what yet.
You Want to
Reconnect
With your boldness,
your voice,
your sense of direction.
You Need a
Reset
A reframe or reorientation
that offers a quick and
powerful shift.
You Feel Stuck
Between what was and
what might be next, between
yourself and others.
Here’s What You’ll Experience
Think shifts in perspective, in permission, in possibility.
A Clearer Sense of What’s Asking to Change
and what’s asking to stay.
New Language
for desires and ambitions you’ve struggled to name.
Relief
in letting go of roles, rules, or expectations that no longer serve you
The Right Questions to Ask Next
… and maybe even a few unexpected answers
A Poetic and Powerful Reframe
of who you are and how you grow
How it Happens
Six powerful videos
With lifetime access to return whenever you need a reset
Resources to deepen the learning
Guiding emails, lesson summaries, reflection prompts, and transcripts
Downloadable workbook
To hold your insights, mark your shifts, and keep your permission close at hand
A community of
learners
to engage with in the comments and Team MBS support
Wondering, wandering, curious?
I’m busy. Will I actually have time for this?
If you have 30 minutes, or 5–10 minutes a day for one week, you’ve got time for Four Permissions
Do I need to love poetry?
Nope. Just be open to it. The poems are short, beautiful, and surprisingly sharp.
What if I’ve done a lot of self-work already?
Perfect. This isn’t more work. It’s a different kind of opening.
What will I actually walk away with?
A shift in how you see yourself — and what you give yourself permission to do next.
Will this really change anything?
Maybe not everything. But we think enough to matter.
Is this for me?
If something in you said “Hmm …” — it probably is.
This Is Your Permission Slip
To be bold, to be unsure, to begin. It’s not about having it all figured out.
It’s about being more fully yourself as you figure out what’s next.
