{"id":98,"date":"2021-01-28T16:53:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2021-01-28T17:25:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T17:25:51","slug":"designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life (Bill Burnett &#038; Dave Evans)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_45_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"ez-toc-toggle-icon-1\"><label 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id=\"item-6417094922264\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Overall\" title=\"Overall\">Overall<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Following_your_passion_is_bad_advice\" title=\"Following your passion is bad advice\">Following your passion is bad advice<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Dysfunction_beliefs\" title=\"Dysfunction beliefs\">Dysfunction beliefs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Life_design_requires_a_design_mindset\" title=\"Life design requires a design mindset!\">Life design requires a design mindset!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#5_mindsets_of_design_thinking\" title=\"5 mindsets of design thinking\">5 mindsets of design thinking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Chapters\" title=\"Chapters\">Chapters<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Start_where_you_are\" title=\"Start where you are\">Start where you are<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Find_the_right_problem_to_work_on\" title=\"Find the right problem to work on!\">Find the right problem to work on!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Building_your_compass\" title=\"Building your compass\">Building your compass<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Wayfinding\" title=\"Wayfinding\">Wayfinding<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Getting_unstuck\" title=\"Getting unstuck\">Getting unstuck<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Design_your_lives\" title=\"Design your lives\">Design your lives<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Prototyping\" title=\"Prototyping\">Prototyping<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#How_not_to_get_a_job\" title=\"How not to get a job\">How not to get a job<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Designing_your_dream_job\" title=\"Designing your dream job\">Designing your dream job<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Choosing_happiness\" title=\"Choosing happiness\">Choosing happiness<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Failure_immunity\" title=\"Failure immunity\">Failure immunity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Building_a_team\" title=\"Building a team\">Building a team<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Exercises\" title=\"Exercises\">Exercises<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Start_where_you_are_Health_Work_Play_Love_Dashboard\" title=\"Start where you are: Health \/ Work \/ Play \/ Love Dashboard\">Start where you are: Health \/ Work \/ Play \/ Love Dashboard<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Building_your_compass_Workview_Lifeview_reflection\" title=\"Building your compass: Workview &amp; Lifeview reflection\">Building your compass: Workview &amp; Lifeview reflection<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Workview\" title=\"Workview\">Workview<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Lifeview\" title=\"Lifeview\">Lifeview<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Coherence\" title=\"Coherence\">Coherence<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Wayfinding_Good_Time_Journal\" title=\"Wayfinding: Good Time Journal\">Wayfinding: Good Time Journal<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Getting_unstuck_Mind_mapping\" title=\"Getting unstuck: Mind mapping\">Getting unstuck: Mind mapping<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Design_your_lives_Odyssey_Plan\" title=\"Design your lives: Odyssey Plan\">Design your lives: Odyssey Plan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Prototyping-2\" title=\"Prototyping\">Prototyping<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Failure_immunity_Reframing_failure\" title=\"Failure immunity: Reframing failure\">Failure immunity: Reframing failure<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\" href=\"https:\/\/learnfromnotes.com\/designing-your-life-how-to-build-a-well-lived-joyful-life-bill-burnett-dave-evans\/#Building_a_team-2\" title=\"Building a team\">Building a team<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Overall\"><\/span>Overall<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Don&#8217;t move forward by thinking, but by building!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Following_your_passion_is_bad_advice\"><\/span>Following your passion is bad advice<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>80% of all people don&#8217;t have a single dominating passion\/purpose<ul><li>Most people have many passions!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Mastery causes passion. Not the other way around!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dysfunction_beliefs\"><\/span>Dysfunction beliefs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Your degree determines your career<ul><li>2\/3 work in a career that is unrelated to their major<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>It&#8217;s too late to change<ul><li>It&#8217;s never too late to change course<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Life_design_requires_a_design_mindset\"><\/span>Life design requires a design mindset!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>One clear goal \u2192 Engineer mindset<\/li><li>No clear solution in sight \u2192 Design mindset<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_mindsets_of_design_thinking\"><\/span>5 mindsets of design thinking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Curiosity<\/li><li>Bias to action<ul><li>Prototype your life!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Reframing<ul><li>Pivot<\/li><li>Choose new point of view based off knowledge about the problem<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Be aware of process<ul><li>Accept mistakes, move on<\/li><li>Let go of the destination<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Radical collaboration<ul><li>Don&#8217;t design your life alone!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chapters\"><\/span>Chapters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Start_where_you_are\"><\/span>Start where you are<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Begin with a beginner&#8217;s mind, so you ask the right questions!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Find_the_right_problem_to_work_on\"><\/span>Find the right problem to work on!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Problem finding + problem solving = Well designed life!<\/li><li>Avoid gravity problems! (Those that are not actionable)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Building_your_compass\"><\/span>Building your compass<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Dysfunctional belief: I should know where I&#8217;m going!<ul><li>Reframe: I won&#8217;t always know where I&#8217;m going, but I can always know whether I&#8217;m in the right direction!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Meaningful life = Congruence between who you are, what you believe &amp; what you do!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wayfinding\"><\/span>Wayfinding<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Look for activities that make you feel engaged &amp; energized<\/li><li>Ultimate engagement = Flow<ul><li>Complete involvement in activity<\/li><li>Ecstasy or euphoria<\/li><li>Inner clarity: Knowing what to do and how to do it<\/li><li>Calm &amp; peace<\/li><li>Time standing still or disappearing<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_unstuck\"><\/span>Getting unstuck<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Dysfunctional belief: I need to find 1 right idea!<ul><li>Reframe: I need to find many ideas, so I have a lot to chose from!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>2 principles<ol><li>You choose better, when you have more ideas to choose from!<\/li><li>Don&#8217;t choose your first idea!<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Many designs of your life could be amazing!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Design_your_lives\"><\/span>Design your lives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Dysfunctional belief: I need to figure out my best possible life, make a plan, and then execute it!<ul><li>Reframe: There are multiple great lives (and plans) within me, and I get to choose which one to build my way forward to next!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prototyping\"><\/span>Prototyping<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Avoids premature commitment<\/li><li>Design experiments to answer your career questions<ul><li>Talk to people who do what you want to do<ul><li>They should not think that it&#8217;s a job interview<ul><li>Make it a friendly conversation<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Listen to their story<ul><li>Ask what it&#8217;s really like<ul><li>What does he love? What does he hate?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What does a typical day look like?<\/li><li>How they got there?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Job shadow<\/li><li>Try the job yourself<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_not_to_get_a_job\"><\/span>How not to get a job<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The standard model of applying to online job listings often fails<ul><li>Many of the most interesting jobs go unlisted (only 20% get listed online)<ul><li>They get filled first by word-of-mouth or referrals<\/li><li>Small companies with less than 50 people often don&#8217;t publish all jobs<\/li><li>Large companies may hide some listings for all other than its own employees<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>How to make applying online work for you<ul><li>Use their exact keywords!<\/li><li>Make yourself sound like a fit (don&#8217;t sound too unfocused)<\/li><li>Avoid employers with unrealistic expectations<ul><li>It&#8217;s a bad sign if the position has been open for more than 6 weeks in a good labour market<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Designing_your_dream_job\"><\/span>Designing your dream job<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Life design interviews may be more effective at getting you a job, than applying!<ul><li>You seem very interested<\/li><li>It gives you access to the 80% of job listings that aren&#8217;t posted online!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Choosing_happiness\"><\/span>Choosing happiness<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It isn&#8217;t about making the right choice, but about choosing well!<\/li><li>Live some days as if you had to already made the choice, rather than just contemplating the choice from outside!<\/li><li>Process<ol><li>Gather &amp; create options<\/li><li>Narrow down the list<ul><li>Most of us can only effectively choose between 3-5 options!<ul><li>If you have so many options that you freeze, you effectively have 0 options!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>If you cross out the wrong one, you&#8217;ll know!<\/li><li>If you can&#8217;t find any meaningful preference among your 3-5 options, then you can&#8217;t lose!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Choose discerningly<ul><li>Our best choices comes from a combination of using the basal ganglia &amp; rational mind<\/li><li>Basal ganglia<ul><li>It&#8217;s not connected to our verbal centers<ul><li>It communicates to us through feelings and our intestines (gut feelings)<\/li><li>So we need good access to our feelings &amp; gut reactions to our options!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>It draws upon our memories of what has and hasn&#8217;t worked for us previously!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Let go &amp; move on!<ul><li>Avoid agonizing like:<ul><li>&#8220;Did I do the right thing?&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;Am I sure this is really the best decision?&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;What if I&#8217;d done option four instead?&#8221;<\/li><li>I wonder if I can go back and do it over?&#8221;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>In a study, subjects were told to evaluate 5 paintings and were told they could get their number 3 or 4 choice. Those who were then told that they could later switch were less happy with their choice!<\/li><li>Knowing that you&#8217;ve made the &#8220;best choice&#8221; is impossible (all consequences would need to have been played out first)<ul><li>It will keep you agonizing and drain all satisfaction from your choice!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Move on by focusing on something else!<ul><li>We can&#8217;t take our focus of something, but we can focus on something else!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Failure_immunity\"><\/span>Failure immunity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Failure is a natural part of the path!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Building_a_team\"><\/span>Building a team<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Radical collaboration!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Exercises\"><\/span>Exercises<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Start_where_you_are_Health_Work_Play_Love_Dashboard\"><\/span>Start where you are: Health \/ Work \/ Play \/ Love Dashboard<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Rate yourself from 1-10 in these areas<ul><li>Health<\/li><li>Work<\/li><li>Play<\/li><li>Love<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Are there any design problems in those areas you would like to fix?<ul><li>Are they gravity problems?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Building_your_compass_Workview_Lifeview_reflection\"><\/span>Building your compass: Workview &amp; Lifeview reflection<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Workview\"><\/span>Workview<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Why work?<\/li><li>What\u2019s work for?<\/li><li>What does work mean?<\/li><li>How does it relate to the individual, others, society?<\/li><li>What defines good or worthwhile work?<\/li><li>What does money have to do with it?<\/li><li>What do experience, growth, and fulfillment have to do with it?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lifeview\"><\/span>Lifeview<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Why are we here?<\/li><li>What is the meaning or purpose of life?<\/li><li>What is the relationship between the individual and others?<\/li><li>Where do family, country, and the rest of the world fit in?<\/li><li>What is good, and what is evil?<\/li><li>Is there a higher power, God, or something transcendent, and<\/li><li>if so, what impact does this have on your life?<\/li><li>What is the role of joy, sorrow, justice, injustice, love, peace, and strife in life?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Coherence\"><\/span>Coherence<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Where do your views on work and life complement one another?<\/li><li>Where do they clash?<\/li><li>Does one drive the other? How?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wayfinding_Good_Time_Journal\"><\/span>Wayfinding: Good Time Journal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Do activities log for 3 weeks:<ul><li>Keep track of the things that make you feel engaged &amp; disengaged<\/li><li>Keep track of the things that give and take energy from you<\/li><li>Be as specific as possible in your entries!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Reflect &amp; find patterns in your activity log weekly.<\/li><li>Use AEIOU to analyze your activities log<ul><li><strong>Activities:<\/strong> What were you doing? What type of activity was this?<\/li><li><strong>Environment:<\/strong> What kind of environment were you in?<\/li><li><strong>Interactions<\/strong>. Were you interacting with anyone?<\/li><li><strong>Objects<\/strong>. Which objects were present?<\/li><li><strong>Users<\/strong>. Who else was present?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_unstuck_Mind_mapping\"><\/span>Getting unstuck: Mind mapping<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Find 3 activities from your good time journal. One for each:<ol><li>Engaged<\/li><li>Energized<\/li><li>Flow<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Make a mind map with each of the 3 activities in the center<ul><li>Find things that jump out &amp; make a job description based of them<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Design_your_lives_Odyssey_Plan\"><\/span>Design your lives: Odyssey Plan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Make 3 plans for the next 5 years of your life!<\/li><li>Inspiration for the 3 plans<ul><li>Plan 1: The thing you already do or have in mind<\/li><li>Plan 2: The thing you would do, if plan 1 wasn&#8217;t an option<\/li><li>Plan 3: What you would do if nobody would laugh and money didn&#8217;t exist<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>For each of the 3 plans:<ul><li>6 word headline that describes the essence of the choice<\/li><li>Visual timeline with career &amp; non-career events<\/li><li>3 questions that come to your mind<\/li><li>Rate them on:<ul><li>Resources: Do you have what it takes? 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