#DesignThyself

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#DesignThyself !

Learn design principles to acquire a new habit/behavior, make it stick, and document the change.

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Who are you? Why are you here?

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Why Design Thyself?

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Design Thyself

Know Thyself

Cure Thyself

γνῶθι σεαυτόν Cura te ipsum #DesignThyself

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What is Design?

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DESIGN: Creating with intention

through iteration

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Marc + Hannah

http://www.fitassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/SVA-Fundamentals-of-DSI-Book-2013.pdf

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DESIGN: a plan for arranging elements to best accomplish a particular purpose.

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Eames

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What are the boundaries of design? What are the boundaries of problems?

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Eames

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“You’re born naked and the rest is drag”

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RuPaul

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“You’re born naked and the rest is design”

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#DesignThyself

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#DesignThyself Tools

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http://www.gym-pact.com/

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http://21habit.com/howitworks

Personify Visualize Simplify

Systematize Document

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#DesignThyself Tools

Vijay New Delhi, India

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Milk delivery truck driver, 4 kids,

lives on the outskirts of Delhi. Grew

up in a slum, but salary has helped

him move to an adjacent

neighborhood with better

government services. Concerned

about the state of sanitation.

Camille New Orleans

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Music student, studying jazz and

ethnomusicology. Studied abroad for

a summer in Senegal, which opened

her eyes to issues in the developing

world. Concerned with issues of girls/

women’s empowerment.

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SINCE EACH OF US WAS SEVERAL, THERE WAS ALREADY QUITE A CROWD.

I AM LARGE, I CONTAIN

MULTITUDES

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lg0inkkwIc

Amish Futurist

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#DesignThyself Tools

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B Desired State

ACurrent

State

Visualize

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Personify Visualize Simplify

Systematize Iterate

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#DesignThyself Tools

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Heuristic

A mental shortcut that allows people to

solve problems and make judgments

quickly and efficiently.

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A rule-of-thumb strategy.

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Tony Hsieh’s ICEE

4 categories of sharable content

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Inspire

Connect

Entertain

Educate

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Tim Ferriss: Meta-Learn DISSS

Deconstruction of a skill to be learned into manageable

component parts

!Identification of likely failure points to be avoided in

early training

!Selection of the 20% of inputs that drive 80% of results

!Sequencing, ie. whether learning a skill in something

other than the obvious order might speed mastery

!Stakes, which are necessary for motivation in the face

of the temptation to quit.

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http://thebuildnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Checklists980.jpg

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Personify Visualize Simplify

Systematize Iterate

Document

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#DesignThyself Tools

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Personify Visualize Simplify

Systematize Iterate

Document

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#DesignThyself Tools

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#DesignThyself Project Cheat Sheet1. 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.

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http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/

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http://www.jonathancoulton.com/primer/thing-a-week/

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Previous #DesignThyself Exampleshttp://cupofboring.tumblr.com/

http://becomingthebest.in/

http://thecostofawesome.tumblr.com/

http://tanyameetsnewyork.tumblr.com/

http://sundayspice.tumblr.com/

“Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.”–Bruce Lee

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thanks! Do Good. Design Delight.

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