“These are all gravity problems—meaning they are not real problems. Why? Because in life design, if it’s not actionable, it’s not a problem. Let’s repeat that. If it’s not actionable, it’s not a problem. It’s a situation, a circumstance, a fact of life. It may be a drag (so to speak), but, like gravity, it’s not a problem that can be solved.”
― Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
― Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
“Deciding which problems to work on may be one of the most important decisions you make, because people can lose years (or a lifetime) working on the wrong problem.”
― Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
― Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
“Problem Finding + Problem Solving = Well-Designed Life”
― Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
― Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
“In design thinking, we put as much emphasis on problem finding as we do on problem solving”
― Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
― Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
“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.”
― Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
― Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
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