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Designing your life : how to build a well-lived, joyful life

Author

Burnett, Bill, 1957- author.

Title

Designing your life : how to build a well-lived, joyful life / Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.

Format

Book

Published

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. ©2016

Description

xxxi, 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

URL

http://books.google.com/books?vid=isbn9781101875322 - (Additional Information at Google Books)

Other contributors

Evans, Dave, 1953- author.

Notes

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238).

Contents

• Introduction: life by design
• Start where you are
• Building a compass
• Wayfinding
• Getting unstuck
• Design your lives
• Prototyping
• How not to get a job
• Designing your dream job
• Choosing happiness
• Failure immunity
• Building a team
• Conclusion: a well designed life.

Summary

Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home -- at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.

Subject headings

Vocational guidance. Self-realization. Design--Social aspects. Decision making.

Medical subjects

Decision Making.

ISBN

9781101875322 (hardcover) 1101875321 (hardcover) 9780451494085 0451494083 9781101875339 110187533X

Standard Identifier

2016008862