id: burnettevans2016
title: Bill Burnett & Dave Evans, Designing Your Life
date: 2021-08-23

Bill Burnett & Dave Evans, Designing Your Life

William Burnett and David J. Evans, Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life, First edition (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016).

Premise: Design thinking can uncover better ways of living.

Referencing Notes

Best ideas come from a space designated for idea exploration. 0G2B1C1
Finite game versus infinite game are vantage points that shape one's focus areas. 0M1
A good process for making decisions is much more important than most specific decisions. 1F5A
Too many choices is effectively the same as none. 1F7A1
Tactics for reducing options toward a decision. 1F7A2
Tactics for making very hard decisions. 1F7A3
Life design is an empirical approach to fostering better life outcomes. 6C
Designing your life methodology. 6C1
Surveying the state of one's life suggests specific focus areas for improvement. 6C1A
Work and life ethos statements orient one to purpose or fundamental understanding. 6C1B
A personal compass provides insight through comparison. 6C1B1
Tracking one's relationship with daily activities will show what one values. 6C1C
Mindmapping off of things that bring joy allows one to visualize different future lives. 6C1E
An Odyssey Plan is a 5 year plan for a theoretically desired life that answers questions about the option. 6C1F
Life decision options can be prototyped for validation and learning. 6C1H
Track failures to find learning opportunities. 6C1J
It is hard for people to pinpoint exactly what they want. 6C2