How to Live a Meaningful Life: Using Design Thinking to Unlock Purpose, Joy, and Flow Every Day
Bill Burnett · Dave Evans
Feb 2026 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
star
1 review
headphones
Audiobook
8 hr 3 min
Unabridged
family_home
Eligible
info
Want a free 11 min sample? Listen anytime, even offline.
Add
About this audiobook
Read the life-changing book Mel Robbins calls “a blueprint to find [meaning] where we are.”
From the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of Designing Your Life comes an actionable guide to finding real meaning in the life you already have.
Many of us have lives that look successful on paper but feel strangely empty. How to Live a Meaningful Life offers research-backed tools to help you build purpose, clarity, and connection without quitting your job, blowing up your life, or starting from scratch.
Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, the visionaries behind Stanford’s renowned Life Design Lab, have helped millions use design thinking to craft lives and careers they love. In this new book, they evolve their framework to focus on one question: What makes a life feel worth living, day to day?
Drawing on the latest science and years of teaching, they show you how to:
-Reduce stress by aligning your time with what actually matters
-Bring more wonder, coherence, and flow into your everyday routines
-Turn ordinary moments into roots of joy and meaning
-Strengthen relationships and build “formative” communities that support you
Instead of cramming more into an already overwhelming routine, Burnett and Evans show you how to get more out of the life you’re already living.
Perfect for readers of Jay Shetty and Brené Brown, How to Live a Meaningful Life offers a clear, hopeful path out of the noise and overload of modern life and into deeper engagement, connection, and purpose, because everyone deserves a meaningful life.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of Designing Your Life comes an actionable guide to finding real meaning in the life you already have.
Many of us have lives that look successful on paper but feel strangely empty. How to Live a Meaningful Life offers research-backed tools to help you build purpose, clarity, and connection without quitting your job, blowing up your life, or starting from scratch.
Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, the visionaries behind Stanford’s renowned Life Design Lab, have helped millions use design thinking to craft lives and careers they love. In this new book, they evolve their framework to focus on one question: What makes a life feel worth living, day to day?
Drawing on the latest science and years of teaching, they show you how to:
-Reduce stress by aligning your time with what actually matters
-Bring more wonder, coherence, and flow into your everyday routines
-Turn ordinary moments into roots of joy and meaning
-Strengthen relationships and build “formative” communities that support you
Instead of cramming more into an already overwhelming routine, Burnett and Evans show you how to get more out of the life you’re already living.
Perfect for readers of Jay Shetty and Brené Brown, How to Live a Meaningful Life offers a clear, hopeful path out of the noise and overload of modern life and into deeper engagement, connection, and purpose, because everyone deserves a meaningful life.
Read the life-changing book Mel Robbins calls “a blueprint to find [meaning] where we are.”
From the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of Designing Your Life comes an actionable guide to finding real meaning in the life you already have.
Many of us have lives that look successful on paper ...
Discover more
Ratings and reviews
1 review
Brian Malott
- Flag inappropriate
February 11, 2026
The does a great job of building on the concept of designing your life utilizing Design thinking and Methodology. The mindsets to create meaningful moments is a great idea.
About the author
Bill Burnett is the executive director of the Life Design Lab at Stanford University and an adjunct professor in mechanical engineering and design at Stanford. He is also the founder and managing director of the Designing Your Life Institute in Singapore.
Dave Evans is the cofounder of the Life Design Lab at Stanford University, adjunct lecturer, and cofounder of Electronic Arts.
Dave Evans is the cofounder of the Life Design Lab at Stanford University, adjunct lecturer, and cofounder of Electronic Arts.
Bill Burnett is the executive director of the Life Design Lab at Stanford University and an adjunct professor in mechanical engineering and design at Stanford. He is also the founder and managing director of the Designing Your Life Institute in Singapore.
Dave Evans is the cofounder of the Life ...
Rate this audiobook
Tell us what you think.
Listening information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can read books purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
