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Designing Your Life

by Dave Evans
Burnett, Bill & . 5 CDs. 6:19 hrs. Books on Tape. Sept. 2016. ISBN 9781101923085. $35. SelF-HELP
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What's career planning got to do with designing a sleep button on a mobile phone or a citrus zester? According to the authors, more than you think. Burnett and Evans, instructors of a popular Stanford University course, also called "Designing Your Life," here turn principles of product design into a series of lectures and exercises for finding the work and play that will make you happy. The authors, whose enthusiasm and optimism shine through their narration, spell out the habits and traits of product designers—curiosity, a bias for taking action, the ability to "reframe" problems, and the notion of prototyping—that listeners can apply to career exploration. Many relatable examples and supplementary exercises are included in the audiobook and on their resourceful website, designingyour.life.
VERDICT Clever, helpful, and wise, this program is a good asset for libraries seeking to offer career help to users. ["One of the best books on how to build a secure and fruitful future": LJ 7/16 review of the Knopf hc.]
Reviewed by Anne M. Condon, West Hartford, CT , Feb 15, 2017
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