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Designing Your Life: Build a life that works for you / Bill Burnett | Dave Evans

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Chatto and Windus, 2016.Description: xxix, 205 p. ; Soft-Bound, 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781784740245
DDC classification:
  • 23 650.1 BUR
Contents:
Introduction: Life by design; 1. Start where you are; 2. Building a compass; 3. Wayfinding; 4. Getting unstuck; 5. Design your lives; 6. Prototyping; 7. How not to get a job; 8. Designing your dream job; 9. Choosing happiness; 10. Failure immunity; 11. Building a team; Conclusion: A well-designed life; Acknowledgements; Notes;
Summary: This really works! The scientifically proven method that has already changed thousands of lives. Whether we're 20, 40, 60 or older, many of us still looking for an answer to that perennial question, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' In designing your life, silicon valley design innovators Bill Burnett and Dave Evans use their expertise to help you work out what you want - and how to get it. This phenomenally Successful Life Design course has been tried and tested by thousands of people, from students to mid-career professionals to retirees contemplating a whole new future. Now in book form for the first time, their simple method will teach you how to use basic design tools to create a life that will work for you. Using real-life stories and proven techniques like reframing, prototyping and mind mapping, you will learn how to build your way forwards, step-by-positive-step, to a life that's better by a design of your own making.
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Introduction: Life by design;
1. Start where you are;
2. Building a compass;
3. Wayfinding;
4. Getting unstuck;
5. Design your lives;
6. Prototyping;
7. How not to get a job;
8. Designing your dream job;
9. Choosing happiness;
10. Failure immunity;
11. Building a team;
Conclusion: A well-designed life;
Acknowledgements;
Notes;

This really works! The scientifically proven method that has already changed thousands of lives. Whether we're 20, 40, 60 or older, many of us still looking for an answer to that perennial question, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' In designing your life, silicon valley design innovators Bill Burnett and Dave Evans use their expertise to help you work out what you want - and how to get it.
This phenomenally Successful Life Design course has been tried and tested by thousands of people, from students to mid-career professionals to retirees contemplating a whole new future. Now in book form for the first time, their simple method will teach you how to use basic design tools to create a life that will work for you.
Using real-life stories and proven techniques like reframing, prototyping and mind mapping, you will learn how to build your way forwards, step-by-positive-step, to a life that's better by a design of your own making.

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