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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage • “Life has questions. They have answers.” —The New York Times
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.
ASIN : 1101875321
Publisher : Knopf
Publication date : September 20, 2016
Edition : 1st
Language : English
Print length : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781101875322
ISBN-13 : 978-1101875322
Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
Dimensions : 6.19 x 1 x 8.5 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #2,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Job Hunting (Books) #5 in Job Hunting & Career Guides #49 in Success Self-Help
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Customers say
Customers find this self-help book highly useful, particularly for career pivots, and appreciate its practical advice and helpful examples. Moreover, the book provides a framework for thinking about life and offers actionable exercises, with one customer noting it’s a path of discovery that helps understand oneself better. Additionally, they value its design thinking approach and find it motivating, with one review highlighting how it reframes how you think about life. Customers also praise its readability, with one mentioning it’s a book they can read multiple times, and find it suitable for all ages, from young adults to retirees.
