How to break out of autopilot and create the life you want | Graham Weaver (Stanford GSB professor)
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How to break out of autopilot and create the life you want | Graham Weaver (Stanford GSB professor)
become. He had never articulated his Lifeview or Workview, and had always let other people steer his course and determine his direction. It had worked well enough so far.
Dave Evans • Designing Your Life: For Fans of Atomic Habits
Once you understand the concept of emergent and deliberate strategy, you’ll know that if you’ve yet to find something that really works in your career, expecting to have a clear vision of where your life will take you is just wasting time. Even worse, it may actually close your mind to unexpected opportunities. While you are still figuring out your
... See moreClayton M. Christensen • How Will You Measure Your Life?
Most of us have a gap in our lives between where we find ourselves and the life we actually want to be living. It’s time for you to look at that gap, acknowledge it, and then use your innate creative capacity to close it. Stop acting out someone else’s script and write your own: What do you want to make? More important, who do you want to be?
Chase Jarvis • Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
Harvard’s Clay Christensen writes: Your decisions about allocating your personal time, energy, and talent ultimately shape your life’s strategy. Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. I... See more
The Marginalian • Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity
Define Your Way of Life
"But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life."
This is my favorite insight from the letter: Identify how you want to live, not what you want to achieve.
So often people focus all their energy on the summits—but complet
... See moreYour well-designed life will have a look and a feel all of its own as well, and design thinking will help you solve your own life design problems.