Design Thinking

Design thinking involves actively deciding that an alternate life will make you happy as well. It is the search for the maximum pleasures in life in a realistic way. 

For example: if I want to become ___X___, but if I don’t, will I be okay?

The answer is always YES. Alternate options instead of failed dreams are proactive to becoming happy and satisfied with life. Instead of seeing one failure as the determination of success, multiple ways to succeed are concentrated on.

 With more determination than confidence, this can attract your true purpose in life and how you want to go about it. In one of my favorite books, “The Alchemist”, by Paulo Coelho, the boy stays at a shop. He thoroughly improves the shop over time, attracting customers. The improvement was not because the boy was obligated, nor in his initial plan either; by designing his circumstances as he saw fit made him happier over time. The amount of time was miniscule in regards to finding his true purpose, yet useful on the way.

The proactive form of resilience cannot be superficial. It cannot lead to manipulating others. It should spiritually align with your relationship to yourself. That way you don’t do harm to others or yourself. 

In this world, people can end up doing things that pushed their morals. Sometimes the situation and circumstances they are put in are beyond their control. Other times the physical harm and danger is too great. Nobody can solely depend on design thinking as bridges to spiritual or material success. But aiming to find the optimal balance between pleasure, self preservation and community building is ideal.