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"The goal isn't to make art. The goal is to be in that wonderful frame of mind that makes art inevitable." How are you designing your life today? #Creativity #SelfAwareness​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Climate optimist, tech enthusiast, nature lover

As AI automates more transactional work, Burnett predicts "in 10 years, poetry will be the most popular major at Stanford"—a renaissance of human creativity is coming!

On flow states: They're not just for peak experiences but available in everyday moments—cooking, walking, even routine tasks—when we fully submit to the present moment.

"Most people would rather have a problem than work to solve it because it's easier." Burnett emphasizes small, incremental changes over dramatic overhauls. Start with a 6-week prototype of a small change.

Key insight: Reframe the false "money vs. meaning" dichotomy. Life is about finding your personal mix of money, impact, and creative expression—"mixing your life song" as Burnett calls it.

Burnett challenged the myth that creativity is rare. We ALL have equal creative capacity—but education systems and fear responses often suppress it as we age. "In 4th grade, all kids raise hands when asked if they're artists. By high school, barely anyone does."

Just experienced Bill Burnett's illuminating talk on designing your life! His perspective on creativity and intentional living is transformative. #DesignYourLife

politics

Gen Z: MSG trending will shift our appreciation of other culture and food! 

McDonald’s: We’ve convinced Gen Z to to our marketing for free; tik tok rocks

This is a very real struggle and one that only grows in our attention economy. 

But there has to be a limit to how much we can tokenize and commodify attention before ADHDification and intangibility steals our lives, right?

A few of us tried out Ray Dalio’s PrinciplesYou test together at Network School, and it was interesting to see how many creator, shaper, and inventor types we have at school (no surprise there). 

My result is Inventor 😁 what’s yours? https://principlesyou.com/

This assessment and discussion offered really great insights into how to find my flow and leverage my strengths ☺️

Dawn

@dmusil