248: How to Live a Meaningful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

About this episode

Mike and Cory discuss how to use design thinking to create a meaningful life and career without drastic changes.

Today's authors promise to help you build purpose, clarity, and connection without quitting your job, blowing up your life, or starting from scratch. Join Mike & Cory as they consider how to use design thinking to craft lives and careers they love. Support the Show Nathan Barry Show with Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Current Reader app The Library How to Live a Meaningful Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Design Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Finite & Infinite Games by James Carse Mike’s Amateur Advantage Newsletter The Second Mountain by David Brooks Falling Upward by Richard Rohr From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks What You're Made For by George Raveling Design Love by Marcus Buckingham Mike's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cory's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Schmitz, Cory Hixson

Topics covered

• design thinking
• meaningful life
• career development
• purpose
• clarity
• connection

Keywords

• design thinking
• meaningful life
• career
• purpose
• clarity
• connection
• Bill Burnett
• Dave Evans

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: How to Live a Meaningful Life, Design Your Life, Flow, Finite & Infinite Games, The Second Mountain, Falling Upward, From Strength to Strength, What You're Made For, Design Love

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