BOTM #24: Designing Your Life (Sept 2019)
Book Title: designing your life
Author: Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
Who Is This Book For?
Perfect for anyone looking to approach life’s decisions with creativity, flexibility, and a sense of purpose.
Key Takeaway:
You can design a fulfilling life through experimentation, flexibility, and intention.
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“You can’t know where you’re going until you’ve tried things.”
Main Idea:
Designing Your Life teaches readers to apply design thinking to create a fulfilling and meaningful life. Burnett and Evans introduce principles of prototyping, experimenting, and iterating as tools to discover passions, try new paths, and make positive changes. Their approach empowers readers to design their lives with intention, creativity, and flexibility.
Key Themes:
Design Thinking for Personal Growth: Encourages experimenting, prototyping, and iterating as a means to discover and achieve goals.
Living with Intention: Helps readers set meaningful goals and align their actions with their values.
Resilience and Adaptability: Emphasizes adaptability and viewing challenges as part of the design process.
5 Journaling Prompts:
What would you like to “prototype” or try out in your life?
Describe a goal that aligns with your values. What small step could you take?
What areas of your life could benefit from a fresh design approach?
Reflect on a recent setback. How could it inform your next steps?
If you could design your ideal life, what would it include?