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
Connect with Bill Burnett
- Twitter Account
- Website: designingyour.life
- Facebook Account
Connect with Sean Murray