#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage • “Life has questions. They have answers.” —The New York Times Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.
The author of the million-copy bestseller Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow now delivers a provocative sequel which shows readers how to embrace the seven inner qualities of effective, fulfilled entrepreneurs--a practical handbook for anyone who wants to do what they love for a living.
Now a New York Times Bestseller As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll. Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends consider him the world's best-kept secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book. What follows are paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the world's most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it's not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob's love takes action. Bob believes Love Does. When Love Does, life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance that makes faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life. And this is one life you don't want to miss. Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude just might inspire you to be secretly incredible, too. Endorsements: "If this book does not make your heart beat faster, book the next flight to Mayo Clinic " --Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, Chairman, Willow Creek Association "Bob Goff is a one-man tsunami of grace, a hurricane of love. He doesn't just talk about change, he really is change, as Love Does chronicles in such a vivid way. Yet, Love Does doesn't leave you feeling like you want to celebrate its author, it awakens a sense deep within that you, too, have an outrageous role to play in God's unfolding story or rescue and repair." --Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/Passion City Church "An interesting and compelling story (with Young Life roots) that ends with a practical challenge and punch: 'love does' and God can use you to do it " --Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life "Every once in a while someone like Bob Goff shows up to remind us that some things matter a lot more than others. Love Does has a kind of 'north star' effect that will push you to refocus your life and energy on what is most significant. It doesn't just invite you to respond with your God-given potential, it invites you to become a part of what God can do beyond your potential." --Reggie Joiner, Founder and CEO of Orange "We liked the book a lot. Mostly, the balloons on the cover. The rest was pretty good too. Lots of stories about how God helps us." --Aedan, Asher and Skye Peterson ages 13, 12 and 9 "This may look like a book. It's not. It is an invitation to enter into the greatest adventure you have ever known--your life as it was meant to be lived. Hang on " --Michael Hyatt, Author, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, MichaelHyatt.com "Bob's ability to love people brings contagious hope and inspiration wherever he goes. The power of love showcased in this book will surely touch the hearts and souls of many people. Read Love Does and find a friend in one the world's best hidden secrets, a person who shows how love can create connection and make a difference--even across oceans." --George Tsereteli, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia (former Russian Republic)
So many of us postpone pursuing our goals and dreams because we think we'll get to them later, when we have more time or feel we're worthy of them. As a result, many of us go through life feeling weighed down by daily responsibilities and our own self-doubts, entirely disconnected from a sense of real purpose. Based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and powerful mindfulness practices,Your Life on Purpose is about doing what matters to you every day instead of waiting for the perfect time to feel fulfilled and alive. With this book as your guide, you'll learn to move past daily distractions, fear of failure, and self-judgment, and zero in on the passions that connect you with your true self. You deserve to live a life of purpose, aligned with your deepest values. It's time. With this book, you'll discover how to: • Find and do what you are passionate about • Keep mental obstacles, fears, and daily demands from blocking your path to fulfillment • Find your way when values conflict • Focus on what truly matters to make your dreams a reality • Make a lasting impact on the world So what are you waiting for? Start changing your life today.
After 40 years of believing happiness would arrive when she got to some mythical spot in the future, Debra Smouse discovered the answer to happiness is falling in love with the day to day act of living.Part self-help, part memoir, in Create a Life You Love: Straightforward Wisdom forCultivating the Life of Your DreamsDebra shares down-to-earth advice and practical wisdom on what it takes to shift your life from surviving to thriving. You do not have to settle for a life that is less than what you most deeply desire. You may have to break the rules, but creating a life that is loving and nourishing is worth the effort.Because you deserve to be happy and live a daily life you love.
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller “For nearly thirty years, my life’s work has been to help people like you find ways to bring the often warring aspects of life into greater harmony.” — Stew Friedman, from Leading the Life You Want You’re busy trying to lead a “full” life. But does it really feel full—or are you stretched too thin? Enter Stew Friedman, Wharton professor, adviser to leaders across the globe, and passionate advocate of replacing the misguided metaphor of “work/life balance” with something more realistic and sustainable. If you’re seeking “balance” you’ll never achieve it, argues Friedman. The idea that “work” competes with “life” ignores the more nuanced reality of our humanity—the interaction of four domains: work, home, community, and the private self. The goal is to create harmony among them instead of thinking only in terms of trade-offs. It can be done. Building on his national bestseller, Total Leadership, and on decades of research, teaching, and practice as both consultant and senior executive, Friedman identifies the critical skills for integrating work and the rest of life. He illustrates them through compelling original stories of these remarkable people: • former Bain & Company CEO and Bridgespan co-founder Tom Tierney • Facebook COO and bestselling author Sheryl Sandberg • nonprofit leader and US Navy SEAL Eric Greitens • US First Lady Michelle Obama • soccer champion-turned-broadcaster Julie Foudy • renowned artist Bruce Springsteen Each of these admirable (though surely imperfect) people exemplifies a set of skills—for being real, being whole, and being innovative—that produce a sense of purpose, coherence, and optimism. Based on interviews and research, their stories paint a vivid picture of how six very different leaders use these skills to act with authenticity, integrity, and creativity—and they prove that significant public success is accomplished not at the expense of the rest of life, but as the result of meaningful engagement in all its parts. With dozens of practical exercises for strengthening these skills, curated from the latest research in organizational psychology and related fields, this book will inspire you, inform you, and instruct you on how to take realistic steps now toward leading the life you truly want.
Are you a dreamer? Do you ever look at your life and wonder how to make it more like you imagined it could be? Have you ever had goals that you had no idea how to achieve or even where to start? In today's world, it seems only a few people have this life thing figured out while the rest of the world is destined to struggle through life getting whatever comes their way. This insightful and practical book not only answers some burning questions about how to get what you want from life and create the life of your dreams, this book offers a step by step system to follow. This book is for people who: Are always looking to improve and better themselves. Have always felt destined to achieve great things. Struggle severely with procrastination yet want to live a better life on your terms Are dreamers who jump from project to project looking for ways to get the results you seek in life. Readers who struggle with applying the ideas in many personal development books. Have big dreams for your life but just don't know where to start or how to get where you want to go. High achievers looking to attain your goals in life much faster. People looking for a step by step system in creating the life they want. As a lifelong learner and student of the masters of personal development more than 100 books were consumed and put to the test for the creation of this system. This book is like no other in that it includes a detailed step by step system not just more feel good theory. It is complete with printable life design blueprints and video training on how to use it all. Dreamers, entrepreneurs, students, and the countless others who struggle with creating your life the way you want it to be can experience breakthroughs by using and implementing a life design system that can take you from where you are now to where you have always wanted to be. Follow the advice in this book and you'll be able to Achieve your goals in record time. Put your goals on auto-pilot and form new habits. Make massive progress and see results in your life. Overcome procrastination. Gain clarity and direction for your life. Increase your performance in all aspects of your life. Gain control over your circumstances. Be the deliberate designer and creator of your life. Live in your massive potential. Ryan, a former U.S Marine, firefighter and mixed martial arts instructor from Houston, says" it gives you a clear and concise path to achieve the success and happiness you desire. Your Life Design Blueprint is not only a must read, but a must implement into your daily routine. I promise that if you will follow the Life Design Blueprint system included in the book, you will be able to accomplish more in 3 months than you did the entire year before you read this book. You will have clarity, purpose and momentum in your life but best of all you will see and make massive progress on your life goals by setting your sail in the direction of your dreams. Don't be the person who misses out in life because the life you're living now is not the life you have always wanted to create. Don't settle for just getting by with a "that's just life" mentality. The principles and system for designing your life detailed in this book has been proven to create massive change and positive impact for those who have used it. It has made dreams come true and has seen massive goals reached. It's much more than positive self help theory or personal development it is a detailed system for creating the blueprint for the life you have always envisioned. It is not enough to dream and envision a better life we must design, create and follow a blueprint for the life we have always desired. "Scroll up to the top now and click the "buy now" button." Its available as a physical paperback book, on Kindle and Audible as an audiobook. Stop living a life smaller than the one you know you are capable of living learn how to create Your Life Design Blueprint.
Each of us has but one life to live on this earth. What we do with it is our choice. Are we drifting through it as spectators, reacting to our circumstances when necessary and wondering just how we got to this point anyway? Or are we directing it, maximizing the joy and potential of every day, living with a purpose or mission in mind? Too many of us are doing the former--and our lives are slipping away one day at a time. But what if we treated life like the gift that it is? What if we lived each day as though it were part of a bigger picture, a plan? That's what New York Times bestselling author Michael Hyatt and executive coach Daniel Harkavy show us how to do: to design a life with the end in mind, determining in advance the outcomes we desire and path to get there. In this step-by-step guide, they share proven principles that help readers create a simple but effective life plan so that they can get from where they are now to where they really want to be--in every area of life.
Ask yourself, 'When do I feel most real?' What comes up on the screen? All of us have had moments in our lives when we felt whole or wholly present, or experienced a sense of well-being, an intuition of a higher order of reality. Such moments are transitory, alas, and cannot be summoned up by will or mind or right conduct, just as the person who seeks humility finds more and more that pride and one-sidedness push the goal further and further away. - excerpt from Creating A Life
By working as a therapist, with families for over thirty years, Florence Bienenfeld, Ph.D, MFT, has put together a truly kind, loving, personal guidebook to improve ones life and relationships. Creating the Life You Want to Live gathers decades of cutting edge therapeutic skills, Bienenfeld developed with thousands of patients, and presents them to you as a game changing opportunity. Through anecdotal case studies, contextual principles and mind/body healing exercises and practices, you learn to change your life by identifying and resolving debilitating issues that keep you from thriving so that you can create the life you want to live. The suggestions I make throughout my book are intended to support you in achieving your goals. By the time you have finished reading, absorbing, and utilizing all vital skills, the goals you seek can become a reality. from Creating the Life You Want to Live.
