Design the Life You Love By Ayse Birsel

Design the Life You Love By Ayse Birsel Design the Life You Love, Ayse shares her tools to help you see things from fresh perspectives—which often is where new ideas start to emerge.

With Design the Life You Love, designer Ayse Birsel brings her creative process, Deconstruction:Reconstruction™, to show how to think about life with imagination - in a book, online workshop and online tea time conversations. She uses metaphors to help you think about your viewpoint on life, playfully, and connects you to inspiration through your heroes and role models to help you align yourself w

ith your values and beliefs. All this, fueled by the spirit of design, nourishes your right brain, intuition and imagination.

Our imagination will not be outsourced.Our imagination will not be outsourced.Our imagination will not be outsourced.
08/27/2026

Our imagination will not be outsourced.
Our imagination will not be outsourced.
Our imagination will not be outsourced.

Our brain is a prediction machine. Don’t let yesterday predict tomorrow. Marshall Goldsmith and I are doing a fun new p...
08/22/2026

Our brain is a prediction machine. Don’t let yesterday predict tomorrow.

Marshall Goldsmith and I are doing a fun new project together. I’m learning so much.

Lesson one is how to express complex ideas simply, as a quote. What do you think about our first quote, does it inspire you?

My friend Bruce Kasanoff built an AI-based tool called IKIGAI EXPLORER. It guides you through what you love, where your ...
08/14/2026

My friend Bruce Kasanoff built an AI-based tool called IKIGAI EXPLORER. It guides you through what you love, where your talents lie, what others need from you, and what people have been willing to pay you to do. I thought I’d give it an hour.

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I did an experiment. I prompted AI with a design brief for my life. Here’s what happened.Read the full newsletter. Link ...
07/09/2026

I did an experiment. I prompted AI with a design brief for my life. Here’s what happened.

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06/04/2026

Every game has two opponents. The one in front of you—and the one inside your head.

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What if time is not something to manage, but something to design?We often try to fit more in, when what we really need i...
04/22/2026

What if time is not something to manage, but something to design?

We often try to fit more in, when what we really need is to make space.

Delegate. Delete. Defer.

To receive something new, you first have to put something down.

If this season feels too full, this newsletter is for you. Link in bio.

With love,
Ayse

04/19/2026
I’m speaking at Create in LA, April 16, 11:15 AM.Topic? The biggest 🤫 in design.(You’ll also see me dance, sing, and...
03/31/2026

I’m speaking at Create in LA, April 16, 11:15 AM.

Topic? The biggest 🤫 in design.
(You’ll also see me dance, sing, and do karate.)

Hoping to see you, my peeps, and also make new friends.

🙏 Thank you team for making this happen.

Excited to be speaking with on March 18 at 2PM 💛We’ll be talking about designing the life and work you love — and how d...
03/02/2026

Excited to be speaking with on March 18 at 2PM 💛

We’ll be talking about designing the life and work you love — and how design thinking can shape the future of organizations.

If you’re curious about turning ideas into action and designing with intention, join us.

🎟 Eventbrite link in bio.

Hello designers of life and work,I wanted to start the new year with these six small cognitive tricks with big benefits ...
01/13/2026

Hello designers of life and work,
I wanted to start the new year with these six small cognitive tricks with big benefits that help us trick our mind for our own good in 2026.

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