Stanford Open Office Hours: Dave Evans and Bill Burnett

"Don't try to decide your way forward; just do something." Dave Evans and Bill Burnett bring a design-thinking approach to life and career questions in this session of Stanford Open Office Hours.
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[@MrSendaikenpo]

This was excellent. Great counsel. Thank you for sharing.

[@kiranvrao9714]

I could listen to them forever !

[@tjdahlke]

This video is absolutely terrific. Everybody should watch this.

[@ritatharp5238]

Thank you for sharing. I appreciate you 😊.

[@MarcelonoCanada]

this kind of video is so inspire us. Great job.

[@Natedawg1]

Very insightful, thanks for the help!

[@tomcarroll2622]

Really great advice - thanks so much for sharing!

[@haochangli27]

thanks you for the inspiration，very helpful!

[@darsdarsdarsdars]

Go for it!!!!!!!!

[@VikramSingh-jz7sm]

Really great video to guide somebody,not sure about whole passion thing.

[@elizabethmaret5629]

I think I am being looked over over and over because of agism--I am fifty eight years old I know that i want to have a staff job in a university setting, Is my field to narrow? There are thousands of staffing jobs where I just did my second liberal arts graduate degree.

[@KunalM77]

Dr House giving career advice

[@millennia]

thought that was Jobs!

[@Ambipath]

I don't understand when they say go and get information interview and go and talk to people in the industry and they will show you the way. How would any of that happen? That's essentially saying "get a mentor". I've never understood how you get one. Where do I get these people, why would they want to spend their time telling me the info and so on?

[@alyxaris]

Ambipath Not necessarily "get a mentor," the goal isn't to build such a deep relationship (though some could turn out to be mentorships depending on how it goes) but simply to gather information on something you might be interested in. More of a "can you tell me more about this and what it's like" instead of a "please teach me everything you know." The way you find these people is by seeing if you know anyone personally or by searching your network for a friend who does. LinkedIn is especially useful for finding these connections as well as contacting professionals you may not have any connection to but they're already in your interested position. The initial message goes along the lines of (purely an example), "Good morning, I'm Amy, a recent psychology grad from Cal Poly Pomona and I think I may be interested in pursuing a career in HR. Could you kindly answer a few questions for me? I'd like to know more about your company, what your position entails, and the strategies your company has been using to hire all these great employees." Although there are a few sticklers out there, a lot of professionals are willing to depart some information. Try to talk to as many people as you can to get a more wholesome picture of the career you're interested in. Hope this helps even a little bit. :)

[@administratorcsusm9459]

A great place to start is read "The 2 Hour Job Search" and the author breaks that one down pretty well

[@noelsaw]

You might be surprised that a lot of successful people want to "give back" because other people helped them along the way (earlier) and they want to return the favor to the next generation. A great place to meet potential mentors is if you have Meetup.com groups in your city. My 2 cents, be humble and appreciative of any level feedback and advice people may offer.

[@MartilloB]

Hi, thanks for this great video! Could you please give some sources for the claim that "research shows that only 2 or 3 out of 10 people have a passion"?

[@blackonwhite987]

+M1n8Beacon same here!! i have a research paper and this could be some of my references!!

[@MartilloB]

blackonwhite987 I tried to reach them via their public e-mailaddresses, but to no avail. Maybe you could try it too and share the info if they answer.

[@iyad8774]

It is based on the research of William Damon, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence.

[@yangzhou1249]

要是能有中文字幕就好了😭

[@rien3201]

放慢一点来慢慢听，能慢慢听明白的 （或者找Bill Burnett的TED来看内容纲要大致上相同，应该有中文字幕） :)

[@user-pn9kc6tt9s]

有他们写的书“斯坦福大学人生设计课”，我现在看到第四章了，很有帮助

[@UniverseMystery42]

bias. coherence

[@elizabethmaret5629]

What do you if you have seventeen years that you have not been working but instead you where raising a son with a 171 I.Q. and then when he was ready to jump into school in an exceptionally gifted program I did two master's degrees back to back without working.

[@nicholasnolan4143]

so I should talk to elon musk?

[@dinmukhammadbekzhan9584]

It's been a year, but I liked this video that much I want to share with my insights. I think the main point was leaning towards the most accessible experience at a moment so that one would become closer towards the long-term coherence in life. So if you are on a level of a CEO of a regional startup, then you probably have such a chance. But if you are just starting to explore the field, an employee from Musk's company would be a good place to start with. Best of luck :)