REACH Interview Series: Scott Sonenshein

The Reach Interview Series is an informal dialogue between me and respected thought leaders around the theme of my new book,  Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge and Build Confidence

Scott Sonenshein is a Professor at Rice University and the author of the new book Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less – and Achieve More than You Ever Imagined. He also happens to be a personal friend!  In this edition of the comfort zone series, we talk about the challenges of writing a popular book as an academic and how it can really force us to reach outside our comfort zones in multiple ways.


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Reach A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone 

Prescriptive and based not only on my groundbreaking research but on my own quest to get out of my comfort zone, Reach will help you take the thing you are most afraid of doing and make it a proud part of your personal repertoire.

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