In episode 18, we chat with Ayse Birsel about designing a life you love. Ayse (pronounced Eye-Shay) Birsel is one of the world’s leading industrial designers. She has designed hundreds of products, from toilet seats to office systems to potato peelers to concept cars. However, her current work has shifted beyond that. Now, Ayse is focused on what it takes to design a good life. Through her workshops and writing, Ayse has helped thousands of people design their work and lives, and we really wanted to get the chance to share her methods.
We discuss:
Ayse is the author of the best-selling book Design the Long Life You Love: A Step-by-Step Guide to Love, Purpose, Well-Being, and Friendship. She has won international design awards for just about everything - including creating one of the world’s most comfortable toilet seats (which we have a lovely chat about)!
In our chat we also take a look at the key steps to create the life you really love. Ayse speaks about the importance of collaborating and what she means when she speaks about the friendship factory. We look at how self-love is one of the key components in creating a long life you love.
And in let's take this offline, Annette Sloan joins me again as we break down the three biggest takeaways, plus we answer a question from our listener Paul, who was recently made redundant and feels lost after working in that job for nearly 15 years and how does he come back from it.
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About Ayse
Website: AyseBirsel.com
Book: Design the Long Life You Love
Website: DesignTheLongLifeYouLove.com
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Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aysebirsel/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AyseBirselSeck
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