Designing Your New Work Life

I love this book because not only does it give great advice, but it shares numerous practical tools and reframes on how to build a work life that is meaningful and joyful for you!

In addition, the book has stayed very current—includes how to handle life disruptions (such as the pandemic) and how to thrive despite the circumstances. As a career navigation coach myself, I’ve recommended this book hundreds of times to my clients.

It’s practical. It’s easy to read. And I find the exercises extraordinarily useful in setting boundaries at work that help one thrive.

This book is fantastic. The authors, both Stanford professors, lay out in an engaging and conversational way how to find purpose and fulfillment in your work by applying design thinking (a concept that involves innovation and iterative problem-solving to improve products) to your career. In other words, your career is “the product”.

Designing Your Work Life is particularly great for anyone who’s feeling under-challenged or maybe even a bit burned out in their job, but not sure if quitting or making a big career change is the right move. Why? Because it’ll teach you how to redesign your job (again,… show more.