Reset your life in 30 days: 3 proven Harvard & Stanford frameworks for any age

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May 7, 2025

Feeling stuck? Discover how to hit 'reset' in just 30 days! The hosts share three transformative frameworks that can guide your personal journey. Learn about the vital role of the 'Neutral Zone' in embracing change. Explore the concept of a Growth Mindset and its impact on relationships. Dive into practical exercises to combat decision paralysis and design a fulfilling life. Real-life success stories, including career pivots and relationship reinventions, provide the motivation you need to start your own transformation!

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Understanding Bridges' Transition Stages

William Bridges distinguishes change as external and transition as an internal process with three stages: ending, neutral zone, and new beginnings.
People often rush to new beginnings without processing the ending or neutral zone, which is vital for true transition.

ANECDOTE

Jean's Transition Journey

Jean ended an eight-year engagement, stumbled through a tough neutral zone feeling lost, then finally found her new beginning with a renewed life direction.
Processing the neutral zone patiently enabled her to embrace a different, fulfilling life stage.

ANECDOTE

Jean's Dual Life Transitions

Jean left her job at Snapchat after seven years right before ending her engagement, facing massive career and personal changes simultaneously.
This compounded her experience of transition, making the process especially scary and transformative.

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Designing your life

How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

Dave Evans

Bill Burnett

Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans apply the principles of design thinking to help readers design and build a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling. The authors, who are also educators at Stanford University, emphasize the importance of prototyping, experimentation, and iteration in life design. They provide practical exercises and tools to help readers navigate life's challenges and create a future that aligns with their values and aspirations. The book is based on their highly successful course at Stanford and has been widely praised for its empowering and practical approach to life design.

Transitions

Making Sense of Life's Changes

Susan Bridges

William Bridges

First published in 1980, *Transitions* is a seminal work that explores the underlying and universal pattern of transition. The book takes readers step-by-step through the three perilous stages of any transition, explaining how each stage can be understood and embraced. It offers a simple yet profoundly insightful roadmap to navigate change and move into a hopeful future. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding endings, navigating the neutral zone, and embracing new beginnings to cope effectively with life's changes.

Mindset

The New Psychology of Success

Carol S. Dweck

In this book, Carol S. Dweck introduces the concept of two mindsets: the fixed mindset and the growth mindset. People with a fixed mindset believe their abilities are static, while those with a growth mindset believe their abilities can be developed through effort and learning. Dweck shows how these mindsets influence success in school, work, sports, and personal relationships. She also discusses how to adopt a deeper, truer growth mindset, and how this can transform individual and organizational cultures. The book emphasizes the importance of perseverance, learning from failures, and embracing challenges as key components of the growth mindset[1][2][5].

Reset your life in 30 days: 3 proven Harvard & Stanford frameworks for any age

Understanding Bridges' Transition Stages

Jean's Transition Journey

Jean's Dual Life Transitions

Reset your life in 30 days: 3 proven Harvard & Stanford frameworks for any age