1. #DesignThyself
Applying Design Principles
to Personal Growth
Lee-Sean Huang
@leesean
http://www.skillshare.com/DesignThyself-Applying-Design-Principles-to-Personal-Growth/42321712/1585544573/

2. #1
Introduction to the Course
#DesignThyself

3. The “Why”
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4. Know thyself
Heal thyself
Design thyself
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_te_ipsum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself
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5. Use design principles to acquire
a new habit/behavior, make it
stick, and document it online.
The “What”
#DesignThyself

6. a process/program to make an
intentional and proactive personal
change in your life
new skill, habit, or behavior
Health, sport, language, cooking,
reading, emotional life, meditation,
creative practice, etc.
Design
#DesignThyself

7. Keep an ongoing blog
Document the before, during, and
after of your project
Share insights, challenges, and
breakthroughs and engage in dialog
with your classmates
Document
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8. 1. Have a defined scope and time span.
2. Start small and fast. Break it down into
chunks, missions, episodes, or quests.
3. But have a big goal/epic quest in mind.
4. Make it public. Make it social.
5. Use existing forces, tendencies, habits.
6. Build off what you know.
7. Restart something you have left behind.
8. Make it emotional. FUN!
9. Automate as much as you can.
10. Follow the freaks.
11. It’s ok to cheat.
Project Cheat Sheet
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9. #DesignThyself
#DesignThyself
is is not
• an experiment
• a supportive
creative community
• an iterative work in
progress
• FUN
• self-help
• lifehacking
• an original idea
• dogma

10. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/10/10-rules-for-students-and-teachers-john-cage-corita-kent/
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11. #DesignThyself
“Adapt what is
useful, reject
what is useless,
and add what
is specifically
your own.”
Bruce Lee

12. #DesignThyself
Applying Design Principles
to Personal Growth
Lee-Sean Huang
@leesean
http://www.skillshare.com/DesignThyself-Applying-Design-Principles-to-Personal-Growth/42321712/1585544573/

13. #2
What is Design?
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14. “You're born naked
the rest is drag.”
RuPaul
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15. “You're born naked
the rest is design.”
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16. Design changes
the defaults.
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17. a plan for arranging elements to
best accomplish a particular purpose
Charles !
Ray EamesDesign
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18. What are the boundaries of design?
What are the boundaries of problems?
Charles ! Ray Eames
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19. 0. Starts with empathy
1. Serves human needs
2. Solves problems
3. Tells stories
4. Makes meaning
5. Has a point of view
6. Iterates
Design
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20. “One of design's most
fundamental tasks is to help
people deal with change.”
http://www.economist.com/node/17509367#
Paola
Antonelli
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21. design change
artifacts
communications
conversations
interactions
attitudes
habits
behaviors
culture
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22. change = growth?
something new?
something different?
something better?
what is “better”?
How does a new habit or skill,
or other change help you grow?
What is “change”?
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23. “Change is not merely necessary to
life- it is life.”
Alvin Toffler
“Change is easy. It happens by itself.
Progress is difficult and deliberate.”
Jeffrey O’Brien
What is “change”?
#DesignThyselfhttp://www.goodreads.com/quotes/99420-change-is-not-merely-necessary-to-life---it-is
https://twitter.com/alinawheeler/status/137159238698008576

24. “It is not for me to change
you. The question is, how
can I be of service to you
without diminishing your
degrees of freedom?”
#DesignThyselfhttp://www.buckyfullernow.com/1/post/2012/5/it-is-not-for-me-to-change-you-the-question-is-
how-can-i-be-of-service-to-you-without-diminishing-your-degrees-of-freedom-bucky-fuller.html