Episode 22 – Designing a Joyful Life with Bill Burnett

Today’s guest is Bill Burnett, a former designer from Apple who is now the Executive Director of the Stanford Design Program, and he teaches a hugely popular course at Stanford called Designing Your Life. He’s also the co-author of the book, Designing Your Life, How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life. Bill has taken the principles of design that he learned at Apple and he helps people apply them to design their life.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The importance of curiosity and how to cultivate it
  • Why Bias to Action is so critical when it comes to designing our lives
  • The role that prototyping plays in helping us move toward our best life
  • Why finding our passion is hard, but following our energy is easy
  • How following that energy can help us build a better life

Books & Resources

Designing Your Life, How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

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