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Summary of Designing Your Life: by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans | Includes Key Takeawaya & Analysis
“Many people operate under the dysfunctional belief that they just need to find out what they are passionate about. Once they know their passion, everything else will somehow magically fall into place. We hate this idea for one very good reason: most people don’t know their passion.” - Bill Burnett
“Our problems become our story, and we can all get stuck in our stories. Deciding” - Bill Burnett
“Designers don’t agonize. They don’t dream about what could have been. They don’t spin their wheels. And they don’t waste their futures by hoping for a better past. Life designers see the adventure in whatever life they are currently building and living into. This is how you choose happiness.” - Bill Burnett
***Bill Burnett & Dave Evans' book, "Designing your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life" offers practical, easy-to-follow advice to attain the life you always wanted--even if you don't know what that is yet. Don't miss this step-by-step guide to Designing your Life.***
What Will You Learn from Reading This Book?
How to use design thinking to get unstuck and figure out what to do with your life.
How dysfunctional beliefs keep you from living the life you want.
How to create a life that is constantly evolving, generative, and full of surprises.
How to articulate your Workview and Lifeview and balance the core areas of your life.
How to reframe your work or life problems and find solutions without changing your circumstances.
How to build life prototypes and fail at small learning experiences so you don’t waste years chasing dreams that don’t pan out.
How to use the beginner’s mind to find hidden opportunities and design your dream job.
How to extract value from setbacks and develop immunity to the sting of failure.
How to find happiness by making well-designed choices and living confidently into them.
Book Summary Review
Short of having a killer body and being world famous, there is a tested and straightforward solution to every challenge you have, and Burnett and Evans have been teaching the secret to Stanford wonks for years.
Design thinking has helped hundreds of their students resolve some of their most pressing problems and dilemmas, and it can do the same for you too. The duo reminds you – with the clarity and assurance that’s only the reserve of seasoned instructors – that it’s okay if you are sixty and haven’t figured out your life yet because everyone has multiple life versions to figure out.
This book will transform the way you look at your career, health, family, and money problems – and just about any other wicked problem you have. The step-by-step insights contained therein will nudge you to work on the crises you have been shelving for years.
Click Buy Now with 1-Click to Own Your Copy Today!
“Our problems become our story, and we can all get stuck in our stories. Deciding” - Bill Burnett
“Designers don’t agonize. They don’t dream about what could have been. They don’t spin their wheels. And they don’t waste their futures by hoping for a better past. Life designers see the adventure in whatever life they are currently building and living into. This is how you choose happiness.” - Bill Burnett
***Bill Burnett & Dave Evans' book, "Designing your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life" offers practical, easy-to-follow advice to attain the life you always wanted--even if you don't know what that is yet. Don't miss this step-by-step guide to Designing your Life.***
What Will You Learn from Reading This Book?
How to use design thinking to get unstuck and figure out what to do with your life.
How dysfunctional beliefs keep you from living the life you want.
How to create a life that is constantly evolving, generative, and full of surprises.
How to articulate your Workview and Lifeview and balance the core areas of your life.
How to reframe your work or life problems and find solutions without changing your circumstances.
How to build life prototypes and fail at small learning experiences so you don’t waste years chasing dreams that don’t pan out.
How to use the beginner’s mind to find hidden opportunities and design your dream job.
How to extract value from setbacks and develop immunity to the sting of failure.
How to find happiness by making well-designed choices and living confidently into them.
Book Summary Review
Short of having a killer body and being world famous, there is a tested and straightforward solution to every challenge you have, and Burnett and Evans have been teaching the secret to Stanford wonks for years.
Design thinking has helped hundreds of their students resolve some of their most pressing problems and dilemmas, and it can do the same for you too. The duo reminds you – with the clarity and assurance that’s only the reserve of seasoned instructors – that it’s okay if you are sixty and haven’t figured out your life yet because everyone has multiple life versions to figure out.
This book will transform the way you look at your career, health, family, and money problems – and just about any other wicked problem you have. The step-by-step insights contained therein will nudge you to work on the crises you have been shelving for years.
Click Buy Now with 1-Click to Own Your Copy Today!
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35 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 14, 2016
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March 22, 2018
My first "summary" book - much better then I expected!
Clear, concise & compelling writing that was well-organized & easy to read. Not sure how much of it has to do with the authors versus the material they were working with, but either way, I took away a lot of good information. I'll definitely try out the others in the series, given I was able to read this is less than an hour (but I'm a fast reader).
Clear, concise & compelling writing that was well-organized & easy to read. Not sure how much of it has to do with the authors versus the material they were working with, but either way, I took away a lot of good information. I'll definitely try out the others in the series, given I was able to read this is less than an hour (but I'm a fast reader).
October 31, 2018
Short and sweet
After reading the short summary, I decided the original book is worthy reading. I hope it can change my life. Thanks for the summary!
After reading the short summary, I decided the original book is worthy reading. I hope it can change my life. Thanks for the summary!
August 25, 2020
Not too deep, but definitely useful.
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