Reinventing You with Debbie Millman
1h 1mGeneral2022-04-28
Authors

Debbie Millman
Designer, Author, Educator, Brand Consultant, Podcast Host
Course details
When you look at the choices you’ve made in your life, or when you consider your future, do you base your decisions on what’s possible, or on what you believe to be more realistic? There’s a lot to be said for making choices based on safety and stability, but that often comes at the expense of larger dreams. Luckily, it’s never too late to rethink how you think about your future. In this course, creative professional, educator, and strategist Debbie Millman shares her personal life lessons from a career steeped in design and learning from others. She helps you identify the parts of your life you want to pay attention to and those you can accept and leave be. There’s no denying that for most people, change is hard. Check out this course to see how you can evolve your mindset and reinvent yourself to plan and grow for the long term.
Skills covered
Well-Being and Self-CarePersonal DevelopmentProfessional Development
Concepts
Introduction
- Rethinking your future
- What is reinvention and why is it important
Why Change Is Hard
- Design of the brain
- Change vs. growth
- Courage vs. confidence
Mindset for Change
- It takes work to get the work you love
- Getting a job vs. winning a job
- Abundance vs. scarcity
Differentiating Yourself
- Ability is not enough
- Personal branding and your personal pyramid
- What are tablestakes
Developing the Personal Pyramid
- Attributes
- Benefit sentence
- Mission statement
After the Pyramid - Where to Go
- Building a new body of work
- A time of overlap
- Promotion and networking
Now What
- A note about timing