Bill Burnett
8 key ideas, each explained in our own words.
Designing Your Life
- IDEA 1
Life can be designed
Burnett and Evans, who teach a popular course at Stanford, argue that the methods designers use to create products can help people plan their lives and careers. They treat life as a design problem to explore.
- IDEA 2
Compare views of work and life
The authors suggest writing a workview and a lifeview, short statements of what work and life mean to you. Comparing them reveals whether they fit together. In their account, such a comparison shows where daily work and personal values pull in different directions.
- IDEA 3
Track energy and engagement
The authors describe a Good Time Journal, noting which activities energise or drain a person. Patterns guide choices. In their account, seeing which moments bring energy and which bring tiredness gives a person real evidence about what suits them.
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