I had a Jones earlier in life to be a marine biologist. I literally held onto that idea until I was 20. That was the, there was the only idea I had and I liked it and I just kept going with it. So this is my way of paying it forward from those bruises. Yeah. The book is all about, you know, let me tell you everything I didn't do. Right. It's a, so he's ready to say anyway, let's take a step back in time with you. We're hanging out here today.We've got this fascinating book I want to dive into, but I want to go back first.
Today’s guest, Dave Evans, is a lecturer at the famed Stanford d.School a theological scholar and management consultant. He is also a man on a mission to explore what it means to spend time designing your life.
As an early team-member at Apple, he led product marketing for the mouse and introduced laser printing to the masses.
He then joined gaming behemoth, Electronic Arts, as employee #2, before leaving to help start-up teams, corporate executives, non-profit leaders, and countless young adults build amazing ventures.
Along the way, he realized they were all asking the same question. “What should I do with my life?” Helping people get traction on that question finally took develop a groundbreaking course that applies design thinking to life, where he introduced the concept designing your life to students at Berkeley and then Stanford.
His latest book, Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-lived, Joyful Life, walks you through the entire, step-by-step process.
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