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Managing uncertainty and prioritising happiness in your career with Dr. Carlos Saba
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#005 - As designers, we are skilled at managing uncertainty within design processes but how well do we manage uncertainty within our own lives and careers? Atomic physicist, Kung Fu teacher and the co-founder of the Happy Startup School, Dr. Carlos Saba shares his journey of uncertainties and his biggest lessons trying to find his way around his life and career and how it’s ok to not know what you’re doing or where you’re going. He also talks about why knowing how to conduct transactional research with users doesn’t automatically make us good as empathising with people we are emotionally invested with. We also talk about the importance of clarifying your definition of success before setting out to achieve it and how prioritising fun could be a happier alternative when making your career choices.
In this episode:
- Viewing success as a feeling rather than an output or outcome
- The language of needs and being aware of your and others’ needs
- Embracing uncertainty with a beginner’s mind
- Prioritising fun when picking the people you want to work with
Shownotes:
Happy Startup School
https://www.thehappystartupschool.com/
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71730.Nonviolent_Communication
Sam Harris
https://www.samharris.org/
Waking Up App
https://wakingup.com/
Universe with Prof. Brian Cox
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09ybnpd
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6708.The_Power_of_Now
The Map of Meaning by Marjolein Lips-Wiersma
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15000685-the-map-of-meaning
Work with Source by Tom Nixon
https://workwithsource.com/
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Chapters
1. Managing uncertainty and prioritising happiness in your career with Dr. Carlos Saba (00:00:00)
2. Carlos' background and career (00:03:00)
3. Your value as a designer and the choice you have (00:13:56)
4. Prioritising happiness (00:19:07)
5. The language of needs (00:20:49)
6. Being aware of your needs (00:30:54)
7. Managing uncertainty (00:34:26)
8. A beginner's mind (00:37:06)
9. Knowing your authentic self (00:39:16)
10. Minimising effort and maximising impact (00:42:23)
11. Working with people you can have fun with (00:46:04)
12. It's ok to screw up (00:50:01)
13. Recap (00:56:15)
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