3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Bill Burnett and Dave Evans's 2016 application of Stanford's design thinking methodology to career and life decisions — using prototyping, iteration, and reframing techniques to help readers design a meaningful life, becoming the most popular book based on a Stanford course.
Paul Graham's 2023 essay synthesizing his thinking on how to do great work — covering how to choose what to work on, how to maintain motivation, how to develop taste, and the role of curiosity and hard work in producing significant output.
Sahil Bloom's 2024 book arguing that genuine wealth encompasses five dimensions — financial, time, mental, physical, and social — and that optimizing only for financial wealth while neglecting the others produces impoverishment in the fullest sense.