Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage • “Life has questions. They have answers.” —The New York Times
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.
ASIN : 1101875321
Publisher : Knopf
Publication date : September 20, 2016
Edition : 1st
Language : English
Print length : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781101875322
ISBN-13 : 978-1101875322
Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
Dimensions : 6.19 x 1 x 8.5 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Job Hunting (Books) #5 in Job Hunting & Career Guides #45 in Success Self-Help
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Customers say
Customers find this self-help book well-written and easy to read, with useful insights and a tangible design approach to life. Moreover, the book is suitable for people at any stage of life, from students to retirees, and customers appreciate its action-based approach. However, the focus receives mixed reactions, with several customers noting it is heavily career-focused.
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Kali Wilding –
Helpful and actionable
Amazing book. Helped put perspectives into action.
Ryan –
Phenomenal book with practical examples
Fantastic book with practical examples. Read it for my freshman year course, and it really helped me think differently about what I should do in my life. 10/10 highly recommend
sandm –
Practical Guide to Understand and Direct Your Life
I found this book an easy read with very practical steps for determining what drives me and what I need to do to align that with my retirement and volunteer efforts. The authors leverage design thinking which I was exposed to in my work career and have seen work. That make me somewhat biased with this approach. The authors approach is non-judgemental and generic enough go be applied to a variety of life situations. However, it does key on career/job decisions. I would recommend it to others In many life stages.
Nicole –
Good Quality
Bought for a class and came in good condition. Book itself is a 3.5-4/5 but overall good product.
Abby Lallande –
For all ages.
I had the misfortune of reading a book called âThe Defining Decadeâ by therapist Meg Jay, which meant for her bored and aimless clientele. These were adults in their 20âs who had finished college, had endless familial support, and still managed to flounder. Some were facing ennui after returning from a year of travel, some were working âdead-end barista jobsâ. Jay chastises them, listing all the ways their lives will be off track if they arenât in a career-track job and mindfully dating their future spouse (but not living with them, of course) by the age of 30.At the time, I was 29, literally working as a barista to finish college (4 years late) without digging myself further into debt. I was unmarried but living with my partner, and as Jay had pointed out, it would have been extremely difficult to break up. By her account, I had done everything wrong. This pulled at the structural fear thread at my core – that experiencing a series of tragedies had set me behind my peers in a permanent way, and I had missed my chance at happiness.I am so grateful that I found this book next.Evans and Burnett lit a fire under me by teaching me to think iteratively. I started to see possible futures in front of me instead of all the failures behind, started to understand what was important to me in a job instead of focusing on my lack of personal connections. Design thinking tells us that there is always a solution, we just need to iterate towards it. I did graduate and find a job that led to fantastic opportunity. I built a beautiful life with my partner by learning to work through the challenges that came with moving in together too soon. I still return to this book when I feel stuck again, and it quickly helps me to recenter on whatâs important to me today. Itâs never too late to redesign your life.
Amazon Customer –
Too much emphasis on careers
Itâs a really good book, but itâs 90% about your career which makes sense because the majority of your life is spent in your career, but I was hoping it would cover discovering passions and hobbies as well.
eddiewu –
Let me apply it
Itâs a wonderful book. I havenât finished it yet, but I love to read it more than sleep. I am willing to give up my sleep for reading it. Hopefully I can finish it this week. And I will apply what I learned.
Dee Skinner –
Oh my word….
So, life is a bit challenging right at the moment and I asked for advice on one of the various blogs I subscribe to.One of the folks there recommended this book. (@.@)Life changing is overdone and dramatic, but Perspective changing? YES. The authors have come up with a different perspective on dealing with life using a lot of tools that I have read about before, but didn’t work well for me. This perspective and the exercises within changed that … a LOT.Very strongly recommend.If you have a kid graduating college/high school/trade school/grad school, this would be an ideal gift. The ideas and exercises within it are something I really wish I had ‘back in the day’.They haven’t reinvented the wheel or perfected “What Color is your Parachute”; the book gives you a very different perspective on problem solving and life creating using a lot of the tools we’ve all worked with before. Just the perspective is totally new, for me at least.Thank you so much!
JT –
No doubts on the content for this book, but hope seller could consider wrapping books up before placing them into shipping bag, doesn’t feel good to received a new book with dented corners etc.
Kindle Customer –
This book helps you understand in solid ways why you may be unhappy and how to resolve that feeling, from Odyssey plans to prototyping, discovery of your life plan is inside!
oc –
Quite a good book. Well written. Recommended to those who are interested in the topic.
Daniel Korte –
Creating your Life – wer das will braucht das Buch. Super Buch. Auf jeden Fall das Hard Cover nehmen für schriftliche Arbeit mit dem Buch.
Caro Soto –
Me gusto. Propone ideas para cuestionarnos ciertos pensamientos limitantes. Buena lectura para pensar.