You work hard. You put in the hours. Yet you feel like you are constantly treading water with "Good Work" that keeps you going but never quite moves you ahead. Or worse, you are mired in "Bad Work"—endless meetings and energy-draining bureaucratic traps.

Do More Great Work gets to the heart of the problem: Even the best performers are spending less than a fraction of their time doing "Great Work"—the kind of innovative work that pushes us forward, stretches our creativity, and truly satisfies us. Michael Bungay Stanier, Canadian Coach of the Year in 2006, is a business consultant who’s found a way to move us away from bad work (and even good work), and toward more time spent doing great work.

你工作很努力。你把时间放进去了。然而，你觉得自己在不断地用“好的工作”踏水，这会让你继续前进，但永远不会让你前进。更糟糕的是，你陷入了“糟糕的工作”——没完没了的会议和耗费精力的官僚陷阱。
做更多伟大的工作触及问题的核心：即使是表现最好的人也只花了不到他们时间的一小部分时间做“伟大的工作”——这种创新的工作推动我们前进，延伸我们的创造力，并真正满足我们。2006年加拿大年度最佳教练迈克尔·邦盖·斯坦尼尔（Michael Bungay Stanier）是一位商业顾问，他找到了一种方法，让我们远离糟糕的工作（甚至是好的工作），花更多的时间做伟大的工作。