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Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Elle Luna

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Design, Arts

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2015

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Debbie Millman talks to Elle Luna about why she walked away from great design jobs with IDEO, Uber, and Mailbox.



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0:00.0

Ted Audio Collective.

0:02.0

Audio Collective.

0:04.0

This is Design Matters with Debbie Milman from design observer.com.

0:14.0

This year is the 10th anniversary of the podcast.

0:20.0

Ten years of designers and other creative types talking about what they do, how they got to be

0:24.0

who they are, and what they're thinking about.

0:27.1

On this program, Debbie Momma talks with L. Luna, about why she walked away from great design

0:31.4

jobs with IDO, Uber, and mailbox.

0:34.0

I will never forget sitting at my desk thinking,

0:37.0

I can do anything with my time.

0:39.0

Anything.

0:41.0

Is this what I want to be doing?

0:42.0

Here's Debbie Miller.

0:44.0

Of all the big decisions we make, what to do for a living is often the most vexing.

0:50.0

Do you go for your dream job, or do you go for security?

0:54.0

What if you don't know what you want?

0:56.0

And what's the difference between a job, a career, and a calling anyway?

1:01.0

These are the questions at the heart of El Luna's book,

1:05.0

The Crossroads of Should and Must,

1:08.0

Find and Follow Your Passion.

1:10.0

El Luna is not a psychologist or a career counselor.

1:14.0

She's a designer, a painter, and a writer,

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