TY - BOOK AU - Burnett,William AU - Evans,David J. TI - Designing your life: how to build a well-lived, joyful life SN - 9781101875322 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Vocational guidance KW - Self-realization KW - Design KW - Social aspects KW - Decision making N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238); 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 N2 - Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home -- at 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 ER -