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    Cover of Design your life

    Design your life

    Bill Burnett, Evans, Dave, Dave Evans · 2013

    Design & UXProductivity & Self-ImprovementArts, Games & Media
    Open LibraryAmazon
    Stats for nerds
    2recommend
    3mentions
    3people
    2017–2021years
    67% recommend33% neutral

    Mentions per year

    20172018201920202021

    What Hacker News says

    1. JSeymourATLMar 2021
      > But who is “your” company and how do we pick the “niche”?

      Turns out, this is a common problem.

      Friendly Challenge: imagine 3 very different future niches for your team. Leveraging your interests, experience/expertise.

      Mix in the Clients you'll serve, Products you build, and Problems you solve. Each version would have a 5 year plan. Start a discussion -- which one energizes your team?

      More on this subject by the authors of Design Your Life > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SemHh0n19LA

      Highly recommend their book! PM me if you want to discuss.

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    2. jwilliamsApr 2017
      Take a look at the Design Your Life book: http://designingyour.life/the-book/ - It applies design thinking to problems like this.

      Without knowing you I'm going to make assumptions - but appears you're being quite binary about this decision. There are ways you can investigate these options in some depth (design thinking) and see what you connect with.

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    3. cborensteinNov 2018
      Design Your Life https://designingyour.life/the-book/

      applies engineering design principles to your career and personal goals

      thread

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