This book was recommended to me by a friend when she heard I was really unhappy in my current job and feeling hopeless. She too had struggled to find direction and said this had really helped her. I was not disappointed.  Design Your life is based on a course at Stanford to help students plan their life after university. The premise, that students were not taught how to find the right career for them and many were ending up unhappy without the tools to plan their life.  Burnett and Evans apply design principles to finding the right c ..read more

“As little as 23% of people are completely happy with their current job” – The Happiness Index, Jobbido  Like many, I finished university my head swimming with ideas of what I might like to do, in which industry and what my day to day might be like. However, I quickly realised I had no idea what was actually required day to day in the jobs I thought about doing, and whether they would suit my strengths and weaknesses.  After 14 years of schooling & 4 years at university where I had been taught to work independently, think creatively and study my ass off, I realised I had paid zero at ..read more