Bill Burnett

True happiness comes from designing a life that works for you.

It’s never too late to design a life you love.

Everything that surrounds us was designed by someone. And every design started with a problem.

Don’t start with the problem, start with the people, start with empathy.

We can give you some tools, some ideas, some exercises, but we can’t figure it all out for you

can’t give you your insights, change your perspective, and provide you with nonstop “aha” moments, all in ten easy steps.

So be a genius at your life design; just don’t think you have to be one of those lone geniuses.

The five mind-sets you are going to learn in order to design your life are curiosity, bias to action, reframing, awareness, and radical collaboration.

important part of the process is letting go—of your first idea and of a good-but-not-great solution.

Dysfunctional Belief: Your degree determines your career.

Reframe: Three-quarters of all college grads don’t end up working in a career related to their majors.