Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2026-02-21
Books mentioned on It’s time to rethink your entire life plan - Dave Evans - #1062
Dave Evans is an entrepreneur, early Apple engineer, former Electronic Arts executive, Stanford lecturer, and author. How does someone genuinely find meaning in their life?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Transitions
Transitions by William Bridges and Susan Bridges is a practical psychological guide designed to help individuals navigate and make sense of major life changes.
Recommended“So William Bridges wrote the book transitions making life making sense of life's big changes.”
Where to get it
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Transcend
Discussed“Scott Barry Scott Barry Kauman did a good a good job on that. His book transcend was was real nice and he's he's big into into masalist stuff.”
Where to get it
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Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a seminal work in positive psychology that investigates the mental state of being completely absorbed, focused, and energized in an activity.
Discussed“So we all know the flow state from Mihi Czech semih high the the positive psychologist who invented the term flow the psychology of optimal experience published back in 90 something.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book How to Live a Meaningful Life
“It's called How to Live a Meaningful Life: Using Design Thinking to Unlock Joy Flow, Purpose, Flow, and Joy Every Day.”