Stanford Professor / Author

Bill Burnett

Co-founder of the Life Design Lab at Stanford with Dave Evans. Their course, taught for nearly 20 years, applies design thinking to life decisions. Now taught at 600+ universities.

Known For

Designing Your LifeLife Design Lab at StanfordOdyssey Plan

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Design Thinking Applied to Life Decisions

Novel

Focus Only on What You Can Control

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The True Self vs. False Self — Childhood Adaptations That Persist Into Adulthood

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Books

■Designing Your Life(2016)

Episodes

#Why “Follow Your Passion” Is Bad Advice — with Bill Burnett and Dave EvansSep 10, 2026 #How to Resist the Attention Economy — with Bill Burnett and Dave EvansMay 18, 2026 #372How to Design Your Life in 1 HourFeb 23, 2026 #What can you control in this chaotic world?Jan 23, 2026 #A Step-by-Step Guide to Design the Life You WantJun 20, 2024