Podcast 1297: How to Live a Meaningful Life: Unlock Your Purpose, Joy and Flow by Bill Burnett

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with Bill Burnett, the Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford University, to unravel the secrets of his upcoming book, How to Live a Meaningful Life: Using Design Thinking to Find Purpose, Joy, and Flow Every Day. If you’ve ever hit the milestones of success—the dream job, the impressive title, the paid bills—only to wake up at 3 a.m. wondering, "Is this all there is?"—this conversation is your wake-up call. Bill challenges the "impact mindset" that leaves so many high-achievers exhausted and replaces it with a designer’s toolkit for becoming "fully alive" on a random Tuesday. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - The Meaning Reframe: Why chasing "impact" is a transactional trap and how to find true meaning in the "flow world" instead. - The Scandal of Particularity: How to experience ultimate truths like love and beauty through tiny, finite moments—like baking a cupcake or noticing a flower. - Achieving vs. Awakening: Practical ways to shift your brain from a state of constant "doing" and executive function to a state of presence and "becoming." - The Designer’s Mindsets: How to balance being "fully engaged" with being "calmly detached" from outcomes you cannot control. - Formative Community: Why you feel lonely despite being busy, and how to build a group centered around "focal questions" rather than just social entertainment. Our Guest, Bill burnett : ➥ Book: How to Live a Meaningful Life: Using Design Thinking to Unlock Purpose, Joy, and Flow Every Day ➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/hf7xjdO https://designingyour.life/ ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-burnett-4225401/ ➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullyalive_bydesign/ ➡️Youtube: https://youtube.com/@designingyourlifethebookmo6856?si=kUHEJEXzXEe9MvoO Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ gregvoisen.com ➡️Instagram: www.instagram.com/insidepersonalgrowth/ ➡️Facebook: www.facebook.com/InsidePersonalGrowth/ ➡️LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: twitter.com/lvoisen/