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Books by Bill Burnett

Bill Burnett is the Executive Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford. After earning a master’s degree in product design from the university, Burnett led Apple’s PowerBook product line, before coming back to teach at Stanford. With Dave Evans, he cofounded the Life Design Lab and cowrote two bestselling books: “Designing Your Life” and “Designing Your Work Life.”

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Designing Your Life

Bill Burnett

In “Designing Your Life,” Stanford design professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans adapt a few common designer methods and demonstrate how you can apply them to “solve” the most wicked problem you’ll ever encounter: your life. Here, you will learn what is wayfinding and grokking, and how to properly mind map and brainstorm to find a fulfilling career and build a balanced life.

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