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Can you get a C?

18 March 2023

When we teach “Designing Balance and Energy” for this wicked problem called li…

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Designing Your Life Workshops Come to India!

4 March 2023

“The DYL program has helped me feel upbeat again.  Thanks to all the tools and reflecti…

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Reframe Your Intensity as a Magnet

12 January 2023

This was supposed to be a post about reframing. I love reframing. It’s a core part of De…

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Most Impactful Thing You Can Do for Your Career Today? Life Design Interviews

12 January 2023

Designing Your Life community member Bri Leever shared a wonderful success story on Linked…

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What Happens When We Stop? The Power of Designing Your Life to Say “No”

24 October 2022

It would take 641 miles in a rented gunmetal Toyota corolla, 57 miles on foot, and 127,170…

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Vox: How to Reframe (and Solve) a Tricky Life Problem

14 October 2022

Some aspects of life are impossible to change, and some we *perceive* as impossible to cha…

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New York Times: 6 Ways to Level Up Your Daily Walk

29 June 2022

The Designing Your Life team has regularly checked in with one another over since the move…

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Write Down What Makes You Laugh: Authorship and ALS, Rob Brownell’s Story

23 June 2022

This inspirational story of a life well designed comes to us from Rob, an author and commu…

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Find Happiness and New Freedom at Work: The Yoga Hour

22 June 2022

Designing Your Life author Bill Burnett had the opportunity to join The Yoga Hour podcast …

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El Pollo Loco’s CMO Designed His Dream Career: Inspirational Interview with Andy Rebhun

22 June 2022

Andy Rebhun is the CMO of El Pollo Loco and was kind enough to share his Designing Your Li…

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Michelle Florendo’s Ask a Decision Engineer Podcast ft. Kathy Davies

8 June 2022

Kathy Davies, co-founder of Designing Your Life for Women and Master Trainer of the Design…

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Stanford Center on Longevity: Design Your Life Podcast

11 May 2022

Designing Your Life author and Stanford Professor Bill Burnett joined the Stanford Center …

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AdWeek: Learn How El Pollo Loco’s CMO Designed His Role

2 May 2022

We are always looking for stories of lives well designed to share with our community. Seei…

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A Message From Bill and Dave Regarding the Invasion of Ukraine

1 March 2022

We don’t presume for a moment to fully grasp what it’s like for those experien…

Feeling the Need for Life Changes

27 February 2022

I didn’t imagine a year ago that I would be standing where I am now today – wi…

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Motley Fool Money: Designing a More Engaged Work Life

15 February 2022

Savannah, the Designing Your Life Community manager here, peeking out from behind the blog…