Designing Your Life with Bill Burnett | RachReflects Episode 15

Every person deserves to design a well-lived and joyful life with purpose and fulfilment. In this thought-provoking episode, I sit down with the renowned Bill Burnett - previously a Product Leader at Apple and designer of Star Wars toys to Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford and bestselling author of Designing Your Life and Designing Your Work life.
What does it mean to live a successful life? What are the most dangerous advices out there? What are the essential skills and characteristics necessary to thrive in today's ever-changing landscape? This is one episode filled with practical wisdom and actionable advice to help you design the life you truly desire!
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - Bill's intro on Designing Your Life
05:07 - The purpose driven generation and the Gen Z's approach to work life
07:30 - Key trends in the different generations today
10:51 - 2 dangerous advices in the world today
15:15 - How do we follow our passions?
19:05 - Bill's definition of a successful life
20:49 - Key skill and characteristic that is crucial today
23:03 - The importance of self-awareness and its impact
23:57 - Playing the infinite game
27:50 - Bill shares about fear setting and his own experience dealing with fears
30:18 - Building simple, atomic habits to reinvent our lives
33:15 - Outro
As usual, would love to hear your key takeaways in the comments below!
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