10 insights to take command of your life — bernie roth
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Bernie Roth is the Rodney H. Adams Professor of Engineering at Stanford University. A longtime veteran of the Stanford design scene,
he first came to the Stanford Design Division faculty in 1962. He arrived from New York City, his birthplace, with a wife, two children, a
proper haircut, a sports jacket and a very traditional background in Mechanical Engineering and liberal New York politics.
Bernie Roth@bernie_roth
Co-Founder of the Stanford d.School
Achievement is habit that’s strengthened by action. As such, those
who DO leverage their power, while those who TRY only leverage force.
Insight #1
Insight #2
Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to problem solving that gives you a prism to
see new opportunities. Follow these five pillars:
Insight #2
Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to problem solving that gives you a prism to
see new opportunities. Follow these five pillars:Empathize - The optimal way to create meaningful innovations is to know your
users and care about their live.
Insight #2
Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to problem solving that gives you a prism to
see new opportunities. Follow these five pillars:Define the problem - Framing the right problem
is the only way to create the right solution
Insight #2
Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to problem solving that gives you a prism to
see new opportunities. Follow these five pillars:Ideate - It’s not about coming up with the ‘right’ idea, it’s about generating the broadest range of possibilities.
Insight #2
Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to problem solving that gives you a prism to
see new opportunities. Follow these five pillars:Prototype - Build to think
and test to learn
Insight #2
Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to problem solving that gives you a prism to
see new opportunities. Follow these five pillars:Test - Testing is an opportunity to learn
about your solution and your user
Insight #3
Next time you’re stuck finding a solution to an important problem, it’s likely that you’re working on the wrong problem. Start by asking yourself this question:
What would it do for you if this particular problem was gone from your life?
Insight #4
The more self-aware you can become, the happier you can be - only those who better understand their motivations and
identity, are able to figure out how to design a more satisfying and fulfilling life.
Insight #5
Once you accept that it’s you who gives meaning to everything in your life, you’ll
begin to feel like the master of your life, not a powerless victim of circumstances and chance.
“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
- Voltaire
Insight #6
How you speak impacts how you act; and how you act is a window into how you live.
Get rid of disparaging language:
Insight #6
How you speak impacts how you act; and how you act is a window into how you live.
Get rid of disparaging language:Instead of “but” use “and”
Insight #6
How you speak impacts how you act; and how you act is a window into how you live.
Get rid of disparaging language:Instead of saying “have to” opt for “want to”
Insight #6
How you speak impacts how you act; and how you act is a window into how you live.
Get rid of disparaging language:Instead of “can’t” use “won’t”
Insight #6
How you speak impacts how you act; and how you act is a window into how you live.
Get rid of disparaging language:Instead of saying “I’m afraid” say “I’d like to”
Insight #6
How you speak impacts how you act; and how you act is a window into how you live.
Get rid of disparaging language:Instead of “help” use “assist”
Insight #7
High-achievers are guided by an internal locus of control, for they understand that when they are the cause of their lives, life becomes
the effect; and not the other way around.
Insight #8
Those who master The Achievement Habit realize, first and foremost, that their
fixed view of the world is based on a limited sample of reality.
“We walk the same path, but got on different shoes Live in the same building, but we got
different views.” —DRAKE, “RIGHT ABOVE IT”
Insight #9
“Obviously the truth is what’s so. Not so obviously, it is also so what.”
- Werner Erhard
Insight #10
The art of winning (consistently) starts with letting go of the outcome.
Reflect How do you live in your
client / customer’s shoes?
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