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182 - Bill Burnett: How to Design a Meaningful Life

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This week, Katia has a conversation with Bill Burnett, an adjunct professor at Stanford University. He is the co-founder of Stanford's Life Design Lab and also the co-author of Designing Your Life and How to Live a Meaningful Life.  In this conversation, Bill shares how we can live in alignment with our values and compass, how prototyping can help us embrace uncertainty, and how to design a life that is more meaningful to us. Designing Your Life Website: https://designingyour.life/ Bill Burnett’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-burnett-4225401/  Bill Burnett’s Books:Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful LifeHow to Live a Meaningful Life: Using Design Thinking to Unlock Purpose, Joy, and Flow Every DayKatia’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiakriakova/  Podcast Contact: [email protected] Podcast Twitter: @StanfordPsyPodPodcast Substack: https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/ 

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This week, Katia has a conversation with Bill Burnett, an adjunct professor at Stanford University. He is the co-founder of Stanford's Life Design Lab and also the co-author of Designing Your Life and How to Live a Meaningful Life. In this conversation, Bill shares how we can live in alignment with our values and compass, how prototyping can help us embrace uncertainty, and how to design a life that is more meaningful to us. Designing Your Life Website: https://designingyour.life/...

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