{"id":38703,"date":"2021-07-24T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=38703"},"modified":"2021-07-12T12:59:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T19:59:23","slug":"book-freak-51-2-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/book-freak-51-2-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Freak #55: How to Design Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Burnett is a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University and currently the Executive Director of the Design Program. Here is advice from his book, Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Don’t fall in love with your first idea<\/strong>
\n\u201cOur minds are generally lazy and like to get rid of problems as quickly as possible, so they surround first ideas with a lot of positive chemicals to make us \u2018fall in love\u2019 with them. Do not fall in love with your first idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

To become passionate about something, get good at it<\/strong>
\n\u201cFor most people, passion comes after they try something, discover they like it, and develop mastery \u2013 not before. To put it more succinctly: passion is the result of a good life design, not the cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don’t pick a fight with reality
\n<\/strong>\u201cPeople fight with reality. They fight it tooth and nail, with everything they\u2019ve got. And anytime you are arguing or fighting with reality, reality will win. You can\u2019t outsmart it. You can\u2019t trick it. You can\u2019t bend it to your will. Not now. Not ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Design your life<\/strong>
\n\u201cDesign doesn\u2019t just work for creating cool stuff like computers and Ferraris; it works in creating a cool life. You can use design thinking to create a life that is meaningful, joyful, and fulfilling. It doesn\u2019t matter who you are or were, what you do or did for a living, how young or how old you are \u2013 you can use the same thinking that created the most amazing technology, products, and spaces to design your career and your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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