Bookworm

248: How to Live a Meaningful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

Bookworm

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Today's authors promise to help you build purpose, clarity, and connection without quitting your job, blowing up your life, or starting from scratch. Join Mike & Cory as they consider how to use design thinking to craft lives and careers they love. Support the Show Nathan Barry Show with Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Current Reader app The Library How to Live a Meaningful Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Design Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Finite & Infinite Games by James Carse Mike’s Amateur Advantage Newsletter The Second Mountain by David Brooks Falling Upward by Richard Rohr From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks What You're Made For by George Raveling Design Love by Marcus Buckingham Mike's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cory's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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