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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…

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Yuri Awano – 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…

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Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People Podcast ft. Dave Evans

13 January 2022

Aloha! If you’re someone in the technology or internet world, you’ve likely he…

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The Guardian: How to make 2022 the year you finally smash your goals

13 January 2022

You may be familiar with our mantra of set the bar low, clear it often? The same applies t…

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CNBC: 3 best books [for] a happier, more successful career in 2022

13 January 2022

Susan Peppercorn has been a career coach for 12 years, but she’s narrowed it down to…

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Happy 2022 from the Designing Your Life Team

5 January 2022

The entire Designing Your Life team (not all pictured here) wish you and yours and happy, …