Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons in Brain Science & Design Thinking for a Mindful, Healthy, & Purposeful Life
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (603 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0996734570 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 414 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is 100 percent about you acting on what you always wished you would do. It's about stepping out of any areas of helplessness and into creative self-direction. You have a choice: design your life or let it design you!Infused with relatable narratives that are at once witty and gripping, professional and personal, Bobinet takes you on a journey through the origins of your self-image, motivations, decisions, and unconscious behaviors--leaving you with the keys to free yourself from your conditioning and lead a well-designed life. . Kyra Bobinet brings together over 25 years of successfully designing interventions, products, and experiences that change lives--to empower you as the designer of your life. This boom of innovation has been fueled by a creative approach to solving problems called design thinking. Dr. Steve Jobs once said, "Design is not just what it looks like or feels like. Bobinet has gathered her top ten key concepts from psychology, behavior and neuroscience and shows you how to apply each of them to changing your health, relationships, and well-being. "I know what I should doI just don't know why I don't do it."
We just keep iterating and tinkering like any good designer This is a must read for anyone with a strong interest in personal development. The author presents a compelling mindshift for looking at our efforts to engineer self-change from the perspective of a designer. Approaching change as a designer liberates us from the heavy burden of failed attempts to instill a given change. We just keep iterating and tinkering like any good designer. One key insight is the idea of anticipating and being prepared for relapse, as the new design battles . Catherine B. said Original. This is a book that has changed my life. I've read A LOT of books on how to make good new habits. I've focused on the spiritual aspect of habits, I've gone to "butt kicking" but nothing ever stuck. Things would seem to go great for a week or so, then I would either get obsessive or completely forget about the habits I was trying to create for myself.This is a fresh look, and original way, in understanding how my mind works. It makes sense to me, I understand it, and I think about w. "Engaging, well written, useful book for success in making the changes you want, based on scientific principles." according to Sylvia Smoller. I don't usually read self-help books - mainly because I have often felt I can't change things in my life that I would like to be different - but I read this one with hope and gratitude that at last here was a book that would be actually useful. Maybe I could design my life. I was inspired. The book is so well written and so engaging, and well grounded in science, which is very important to me. I liked the concept of iterating on your design for life, of making small changes, adjust
This riveting book is a powerful tool for anyone looking to tackle behavioral challenges and better understand themselves." Larry Chu, MD, Associate Professor & Executive Director of Medicine X, Stanford University School of Medicine. Her decision to include real-life examples and personal stories is authentic and compelling, and will empower readers to enact change within their own lives. Bobinet manages to combine the core principles of design-thinking with the neuroscience of behavior change and present them in a way that allows anyone who picks up her book to become a designer. "Dr