07/04/2016
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Burnett and Evans present an empowering book based on their popular class of the same name at Stanford University. At the center of their philosophy is the idea that people need a process—a design—to make any sort of significant life change. After encouraging readers to unflinchingly examine their own views of work and life, the authors advise readers to undertake “prototyping,” a method for exploring new life directions in manageable and realistic ways. A key tool is creating a “Good Time Journal,” an outline of the times when readers felt most engaged and energized. What their plan has no room for, however, is agonizing over paths not taken. “The fourth step in the process is to let go,” the authors state. Perhaps the book’s most important lesson is that the only failure is settling for a life that makes one unhappy. With useful fact-finding exercises, an empathetic tone, and sensible advice, this book will easily earn a place among career-finding classics. Agent: Doug Abrams, Idea Architects. (Sept.)
Whether you’re laid off, looking to level up, or totally reinventing your career, when you’re looking for a new job, you can only spend so many hours polishing your resume and scanning LinkedIn before you burn out. And the truth is, finding a new job is about more than who you know or what positions […]
Designers don’t just make things pretty, they use their training to test and try until the objects of their attention are streamlined and functional. If you read that and thought “My entire life could use a designer’s touch,” you’re not alone. Lately, designers are turning their attention from consumer goods to people, and the result […]