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Books like Designing Your Life
The best books like Designing Your Life are Atomic Habits, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, and Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans is about career design, life planning, prototyping. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Atomic Habits
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James Clear · Self-help
Atomic Habits is James Clear's framework for how very small changes — habits so minor they seem to make no difference on any given day — compound into remarkable results over months and years.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown · Self-help
Essentialism is Greg McKeown's argument that the way most people approach work and life — saying yes to almost everything — is a slow form of defeat.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein · Science
Range is David Epstein's argument against the ten-thousand-hours gospel.
A kindred self-help read.
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- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey · Self-help
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A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - 12 Rules for Life
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Jordan Peterson · Self-help
12 Rules for Life is Jordan Peterson's attempt to distill what clinical psychology, comparative mythology, the Bible, and evolutionary biology say about how to live.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - The Artist's Way
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Julia Cameron · Self-help
The Artist's Way is Julia Cameron's twelve-week program for recovering and developing creative ability, originally published in 1992 and still widely used in studio groups and classrooms.
Both dig into self-discovery.
Read the summary → - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson · Self-help
Mark Manson's argument is that the relentless pursuit of positivity is itself a source of misery.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari · Philosophy
Where Sapiens traced humanity's past and Homo Deus speculated about its future, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century plants itself in the present.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
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George Saunders · Philosophy
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is George Saunders's account of the graduate fiction workshop he has taught at Syracuse for over twenty years, organized around seven stories by Tolstoy, Chekhov, Turgenev, and Gogol.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Authentic Happiness
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Martin E. P. Seligman · Psychology
Authentic Happiness is Martin Seligman's founding statement of positive psychology — the scientific study of what makes life worth living.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
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Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
Krista Tippett · Philosophy
Becoming Wise draws on Krista Tippett's decades of conversation with scientists, poets, theologians, activists, and philosophers through her radio program On Being.
Both dig into meaning.
Read the summary → - Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being
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Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being
Martin E. P. Seligman · Psychology
Martin Seligman founded the positive psychology movement and published Authentic Happiness in 2002.
Both dig into meaning.
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Books like Designing Your Life: quick answers
What are the best books like Designing Your Life?
The best books like Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans are Atomic Habits by James Clear, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Designing Your Life, such as career design, life planning, prototyping.
What should I read after Designing Your Life?
A natural next read after Designing Your Life is Atomic Habits by James Clear. A kindred self-help read. Other strong choices are Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.
What books are similar to Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans?
Designing Your Life centers on career design, life planning, prototyping. Books with a similar feel include Atomic Habits by James Clear, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
