Bill Burnett — the executive director of the Product Design program and an adjunct professor in Mechanical Engineering Design at Stanford — posits that anyone can change their outlook on life with a shift to "design thinking."

We believe that, as engineers, our readership has a leg-up in this line of thinking already.

What to you want out of life? Try his methodology and see how your vision clears and your mindset shifts.

Listen to the talk or watch the full video on NPR.org.

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