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The Mel Robbins Podcast #372 · February 22, 2026 · 1h 7m

How to Design Your Life in 1 Hour

Bill Burnett, Dave Evans
Show Notes

Stanford Life Design Lab founders Bill Burnett and Dave Evans teach the 'design mindset' for life decisions. Key tool: the 'Odyssey Plan' — map three radically different possible futures, then prototype the one that energizes you most. Taught at 600+ universities for 20 years. The insight: you can't think your way to your best life, you have to prototype it.

Highlights

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The Odyssey Plan: map three possible futures
Design thinking applied to life: create three radically different 5-year plans, then prototype the one that energizes you most. You can't think your way to your best life — you have to test it.
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References

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Designing Your Life — Bill Burnett & Dave Evans (2016) — Design thinking applied to life decisions

Misc

✧Life Design Lab at Stanford — taught for nearly 20 years
✧Now taught at 600+ universities worldwide
✧Odyssey Plan: map 3 radically different possible futures