Matt Abrahams: Before we can make effective decisions in our work life and personal life, we have to take the time to think about what is it that we truly value. Charlotte Burgess Auburn teaches classes at Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design where she serves as the Director of Community. She recently published a D-School Guide called You Need a Manifesto, How to Craft Your Convictions and Put them to Work.
“If you're not living life according to your own values, you're most likely living them according to someone else's,” says Charlotte Burgess-Auburn.
Burgess-Auburn is a designer, artist, educator, and the Director of Community at the d.school. With her recently published guide, You Need A Manifesto: How To Craft Your Convictions And Put Them To Work, she aims to help people identify their core values and then codify them to chart a course of meaning and purpose.
“A manifesto is a statement of purpose and a script for action,” she says, “a compass [and] navigation tool to help you find your way.” As she and Matt Abrahams discuss on this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, a personal manifesto can help us communicate our deepest values — first to ourselves, and then to the world.
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