# Bill Burnett Co-director of the "Life Design" Lab at Stanford University. Bill Burnett is specialized in [[Design Thinking]], design education, product design, [[User-centered Design]], user research, innovation, ... He applied the principles of [[Design Thinking]] to life design and co-authored books about [[Life Design]] and [[Career Design]] together with [[Dave Evans]], his co-founder. At Stanford, he taught/teaches multiple courses, such as: - Designing Your Life ([[Life Design]]): https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&page=0&catalog=&q=ENGR+104B%3A+Designing+Your+Life&collapse= - Designing the Professional (career design): https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&page=0&catalog=&q=ENGR+311B%3A+Designing+the+Professional&collapse= - Designing your Spiritual Life (wellness): https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&page=0&catalog=&q=WELLNESS+104%3A+Designing+Your+Spiritual+Life&collapse= ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Bill Burnett]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Bill Burnett]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[No plan for your life will survive contact with reality]] - [[Start from wherever you are. That's fine, you're not late]] - [[There's no point in making a good choice poorly]] - [[You can't solve a problem you're not willing to have]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Bill Burnett]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #books AND [[Bill Burnett]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Designing Your Life (book)]] - [[Designing Your New Work Life (book)]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## References - https://designingyour.life/about-us/