Bill Burnett- Author- Designing Your Life
In this episode, we sit down I interview Bill Burnett, co-author of the bestselling book "Designing Your Life" and Executive Director of the School of Life Design at Stanford University. Bill shares insights on applying design thinking principles to...
In this episode, we sit down I interview Bill Burnett, co-author of the bestselling book "Designing Your Life" and Executive Director of the School of Life Design at Stanford University. Bill shares insights on applying design thinking principles to create a more meaningful and fulfilling life. We talk about the following topics
- The key mindsets of Life Design thinking
- How to combine your life view and work view to guide you in designing your life
- How to do the 'good time journal' to discover what you love
- Creating Odyssey Plans to picture what your life could be like in the future
- How to do informational interviews and how to prototype experiences to find your way forward
- How curiosity will help you find meaningful work
- And much more!
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Bill Burnett
New York Times Best Selling Author 'Designing Your Life', Executive Director of the Life Design Lab at Stanford University
Bill Burnett is an Adjunct Professor and the Executive Director of the Life Design Lab at Stanford. He's also the co-author of two New York Times Best Selling books, 'Designing Your Life' and 'Designing Your New Work Life'
He received his Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science in Product Design at Stanford and has worked in start-ups and Fortune 100 companies, including seven years at Apple designing award-winning laptops and a number of years in the toy industry designing Star Wars action toys. He holds a number of mechanical and design patents and design awards, and, in addition to his duties at Stanford, he advises several of his students’ startup companies.
