Prototype Your Way to a Better Life

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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I used to wake up early, around 5:15, and do my workout right after getting out of bed. But I noticed I was tired all day, and just felt kind of stiff and not very strong during my workouts. So I decided to try waking up a couple hours later, and doing my workouts in the late afternoon instead. I found that setting up my schedule this way gave me greater energy, both overall, and during my workouts.

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0:00.0	Brat McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:10.6	Now, I used to wake up early, around 5.15 and do my workout right after getting out of bed.
0:15.5	But I noticed I was tired all day, I just felt kind of stiff and not very strong during
0:19.4	my workouts.
0:20.4	So I decided to try waking up a few hours later, 7.15 and doing my workouts in the late
0:25.1	afternoon instead.
0:26.1	I found that setting it my schedule this way gave me greater energy both overall and
0:29.7	during my workouts.
0:31.0	Well my guest today says that this tinkering idea with my routine is an example of life prototyping,
0:35.4	a process that can be used for anything and everything in order to prove both your personal
0:38.9	and professional life.
0:40.1	His name is Dave Evans and has a lecture in Stanford's design program.
0:43.2	He teaches the popular Design-Year Life course, which, as the name implies, takes the principles
0:48.0	of design thinking and applies them to crafting a happy and fulfilling life.
0:52.1	He's also the co-author along with Bill Burnett of Design-Year Life and Design-Year New
0:55.6	Work Life.
0:56.6	Today on the show, Dave explains how one of the central steps of design thinking called
0:59.7	prototyping can help you make both big and small changes that move you closer to the
1:03.3	life you want to lead.
1:04.6	He explains what prototyping is, how prototyping the life is different from prototyping a
1:08.2	product, the two approaches involved with the former, and embracing the design thinking
1:11.9	mindset of being immune to failure.
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