TGL022: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life with Bill Burnett

The Good Life Podcast with Sean Murray

Today’s guest is 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. His name is Bill Burnett and he’s 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.

IN THIS EPISODE, 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 AND RESOURCES

• Designing Your Life, How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
• Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.
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CONNECT WITH BILL BURNETT

• Twitter Account
• Website: designingyour.life
• Facebook Account

GET IN TOUCH WITH SEAN MURRAY

• Sean's Twitter Account
• Sean's LinkedIn Account
• Email: [e-mail]
• Website: RealTime Performance, Inc.
• Weekly Newsletter: RealTime Performance Newsletter

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