Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

by Bill Burnett

On this page, the authors write, “There is no one idea for your life. There are many lives you could live happily and productively.” Have you ever thought this way before? How many lives did you imagine for yourself while reading this book? What was the most surprising connection you made in your mind map? 10. When you created your Odyssey Plans, which one set your heart to racing? Was it a new discovery for you? 11. Are you discussing this book with your Life Design Team? If you haven’t assembled one yet, what’s stopping you? 12. Chapter 6 is devoted to prototyping: asking questions, uncovering hidden biases, iterating rapidly, and creating momentum. Were you familiar with this concept before reading the book? What aspects of your life have you prototyped? 13. Did you hold a brainstorming session? What was your most successful question? How many ideas did you generate? 14. What is the difference between pursuing a job and pursuing an offer? In your own life, which do you generally do? 15. On this page, the authors talk about “pursuing latent wonderfulness.” How would you define that concept?