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3.78 AVERAGE
Excellent! Helped me in my mid-life career change. I listened to the audiobook and found the physical book at a discount for some of the content.
this wouldn’t have been so bad if it weren’t required reading for my college class
This book has worthwhile exercises and tips for people considering a career change or major life change. I'd give it 3.5 out of 5 stars if Goodreads had that feature. Le sigh.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This is a great book to help move your life forward. I listened to it, but I would read it in print next time to make it easier to do the exercises
I picked up this book randomly on a trip to the library and had heard nothing about it before I picked it up. This was a great find! The authors have Engineering-like backgrounds and teach a life design class at Sanford. Unsurprising, their style really resonated with me. My biggest strength as an Engineer was not in design but in debugging, but a lot of what they talked about in the book felt very familiar. I am a stay-at-home mom who knows I'll be reengaging with society in a more meaningful way in the coming years. I am fortunate to have unlimited options going forward, but I have to somehow narrow down my next steps to ones that fall in line with my core beliefs along with what fits into my family life. I'm excited to have more tools in my toolbox as I explore more options and directions going forward.
3.5 star
The summation of a Stanford course, it frames common sense advice from a "design" angle. The advice themselves are pretty standard, such as "be immune to negative emotions associated with failure", but there are some very good questions the authors pose, which I think every person should consider spending few minutes answering.
This includes:
Workview:
Why work? What does work mean? What defines good work for you?
Lifeview:
What is the meaning of life, what is the relationship between individual and others?
How do workview and lifeview complement and clash?
What actvities bring you 1. engagement 2. energy (some activities may increase one but deplete the other)
Design 3 lives for yourself
1. the thing that you do now, and how that will likely progress in 5, 10, 20 years time
2. what you would do if 1. and anything similar to 1. went away and didn't come back.
3. what you would do if money and image were no object.
Some other chapters were devoted to topics such as networking (to think of it as a noun - to be in a community of people who are connected to each other via specialty/interests)
Don't fret decisions. Make a decision and let go.
Failure immunity.
The summation of a Stanford course, it frames common sense advice from a "design" angle. The advice themselves are pretty standard, such as "be immune to negative emotions associated with failure", but there are some very good questions the authors pose, which I think every person should consider spending few minutes answering.
This includes:
Workview:
Why work? What does work mean? What defines good work for you?
Lifeview:
What is the meaning of life, what is the relationship between individual and others?
How do workview and lifeview complement and clash?
What actvities bring you 1. engagement 2. energy (some activities may increase one but deplete the other)
Design 3 lives for yourself
1. the thing that you do now, and how that will likely progress in 5, 10, 20 years time
2. what you would do if 1. and anything similar to 1. went away and didn't come back.
3. what you would do if money and image were no object.
Some other chapters were devoted to topics such as networking (to think of it as a noun - to be in a community of people who are connected to each other via specialty/interests)
Don't fret decisions. Make a decision and let go.
Failure immunity.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
After 2 chapters I could not force myself to finish it. The book was so basic and boring.
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced