5 Steps to Designing the Life You Want

Bill Burnett, Executive Director of the Product Design Program and an Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering – Design at Stanford, is the cofounder of the Life Design lab and coauthor of the book Designing Your Life that helps you reimagine work and your job. Whether you are just starting your career or thinking about your next act, check out his TED Talk to learn about 5 steps you can start taking now to design the life you want for yourself.

You can also read this post adapted from his TED Talk to learn more.

“The designing your life idea is pretty simple — get curious, talk to people, try stuff and tell your story. That’s how you achieve a well-designed life, one that’s generative, constantly creative, productive, changing, evolving and where there’s always the possibility of surprise.”