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:
Why designing your life is important and how to apply design principles to your life
Insights into her year-long codesign with older people
Making friends is as healthy as exercising
How thinking of a hero of yours, somebody who inspires you can help define your values
Companies that love themselves!

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

In episode 18, we chat with <a href="https://www.aysebirsel.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aysebirsel.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680128371861000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3veLgxHs0N7SiaWo5wqdUV">Ayse Birsel</a> 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:
<ul>
<li>Why designing your life is important and how to apply design principles to your life</li>
<li>Insights into her year-long codesign with older people</li>
<li>Making friends is as healthy as exercising</li>
<li>How thinking of a hero of yours, somebody who inspires you can help define your values</li>
<li>Companies that love themselves!</li>
</ul>
Ayse is the author of the best-selling book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Long-Life-Step-Step/dp/0762481153/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Design-Long-Life-Step-Step/dp/0762481153/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680128371861000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0an2JIbRqWTcyhbLweMTl5">Design the Long Life You Love: A Step-by-Step Guide to Love, Purpose, Well-Being, and Friendship</a>. 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. 
 
Get in touch: <a href="mailto:Cathal@betteratwork.com.au">Cathal@betteratwork.com.au</a> or <a href="https://betteratwork.net/">betteratwork.net</a>
Get in touch on Instagram: @betteratwork_
Get in touch on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathal-quinlan/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathal-quinlan/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1653600392655000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1fmViojYwl34pgK5fxhyfw">https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathal-quinlan/</a>
Send us a question or leave us a voicemail: <a href="https://betteratwork.net/contact-us/">betteratwork.net/contact-us/</a>
Get the newsletter: <a href="https://betteratwork.net/">betteratwork.net</a>
 
About Ayse
Website: <a href="https://www.aysebirsel.com/about" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aysebirsel.com/about&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680128371861000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vHF3AY6aDrzKieuxa-UoW">AyseBirsel.com</a>
Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Long-Life-Step-Step/dp/0762481153/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Design-Long-Life-Step-Step/dp/0762481153/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680128371861000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0an2JIbRqWTcyhbLweMTl5">Design the Long Life You Love</a>
Website: <a href="https://www.designlifeyoulove.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.designlifeyoulove.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680128371861000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1OkfgKh_UBs5_IM8me3TjG">DesignTheLongLifeYouLove.com</a>
Newsletter: <a href="https://www.aysebirsel.com/newsletter" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aysebirsel.com/newsletter&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680128371861000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1XDVsVS09Ia9reLva0xnT0">AyseBirsel.com/newsletter</a>
Linkedin profile: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aysebirsel/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/aysebirsel/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680128371861000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3sOTK7V9b003QUugbWqZyT">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aysebirsel/</a>
Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/AyseBirselSeck" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/AyseBirselSeck&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680128371861000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2u0_jKBm8XuB8g4tBMnEn8">https://twitter.com/AyseBirselSeck</a>

The Better At Work podcast is your new best friend at work. It’s packed with honest, practical advice and science-backed techniques from a diverse range of guests to help you achieve betterness in your work, and life.

Better At Work is for everyone striving to be better and feel better. Whether you’re ready to take your career to new heights, or battling with the daily grind, your host Cathal Quinlan is here to help. 

By drawing on insights from leading psychologists, neuroscientists and performance experts, and Cathal sharing his own successes and mistakes as a leader, the podcast delivers proven strategies, tools and science-backed techniques to help you achieve betterness in your working life, one day at a time, because when work is better, life is better.

The Better At Work podcast is your new best friend at work. It’s packed with honest, practical advice and science-backed techniques from a diverse range of guests to help you achieve betterness in your work, and life.
Better At Work is for everyone striving to be better and feel better. Whether you’re ready to take your career to new heights, or battling with the daily grind, your host Cathal Quinlan is here to help. 
By drawing on insights from leading psychologists, neuroscientists and performance experts, and Cathal sharing his own successes and mistakes as a leader, the podcast delivers proven strategies, tools and science-backed techniques to help you achieve betterness in your working life, one day at a time, because when work is better, life is better.