Book
Designing your life : how to build a well-lived, joyful life / Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101875322 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xxxi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi Book." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: life by design -- Start where you are -- Building a compass -- Wayfinding -- Getting unstuck -- Design your lives -- Prototyping -- How not to get a job -- Designing your dream job -- Choosing happiness -- Failure immunity -- Building a team -- Conclusion: a well designed life. |
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| Subject: | Decision making. Design > Social aspects. Self-realization. Vocational guidance. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 650.1 Bur | 31681010027613 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Outlines strategies for enabling a thriving life by incorporating "design thinking" habits that promote fulfillment and meaning by emulating the examples of the engineers of today's most popular technologies. - Baker & Taylor
The executive director of the Design Program at Stanford and the co-founder of Electronic Arts outline strategies for enabling a thriving life by incorporating "design thinking" habits that promote fulfillment and meaning by emulating the examples of the engineers of today's most popular technologies. - Random House, Inc.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER ⢠At last, a book that shows you how to buildâdesignâa life you can thrive in, at any age or stage ⢠âLife has questions. They have answers.â âThe New York Times
Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or homeâat the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve.
In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise. - Random House, Inc.
#1 New York Times BestsellerÂ
At last, a book that shows you how to buildâdesignâa life you can thrive in, at any age or stageÂ
Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or homeâat the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve.
In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.
"Designing Your Life walks readers through the process of building a satisfying, meaningful life by approaching the challenge the way a designer would. Experimentation. Wayfinding. Prototyping. Constant iteration. You should read the book. Everyone else will."Â
âDaniel Pink, bestselling author of Drive
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âThis [is] the career book of the next decade and . . . the go-to book that is read as a rite of passage whenever someone is ready to create a life they love.â
âDavid Kelley, Founder of IDEO
âAn empowering book based on their popular class of the same name at Stanford University . . . Perhaps the bookâs most important lesson is that the only failure is settling for a life that makes one unhappy. With useful fact-finding exercises, an empathetic tone, and sensible advice, this book will easily earn a place among career-finding classics.â
âPublishers Weekly
