60: Life Lessons Learned (2018)

Strap in for the end of the year extravaganza! The episode, appropriately, starts off with favorite breakfast sandwiches of 🥪 Jake and Jonathan would love for you to invite them to your country and show them around! 🌍Should designers make a good personal website in today’s social-first world? No! Or.. maybe yes. Although… 🤔 Jake and Jonathan share some painful lessons they’ve learned this year. 😬 Finally, the episode ends on a high note with a story from Jake. 🏀 **Links:** [Nintendo Switch™](https://www.nintendo.com/switch/) [Mario Kart™ 8](https://mariokart8.nintendo.com/) [PBC #49: MONA PATEL on Starting and Growing a Multi Million Dollar Design Agency](https://medium.com/p/b7b78b26250a?source=your_stories_page---------------------------) [PBC #X: Jason Fried gives us SAVAGE Product Advice](https://medium.com/p/316df7c11c93?source=your_stories_page---------------------------) [Become A Facebook-Free Business—DHH—Signal v. Noise](https://m.signalvnoise.com/become-a-facebook-free-business-5bfefc20c09d) [Room of Requirement](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Room_of_Requirement) [Chloe’s Cafe](https://www.yelp.com/biz/chloes-cafe-san-francisco) [KRONE — kitchen & coffee (Berlin)](http://www.krone-berlin.com/) [Bonanza Coffee (Berlin)](https://bonanzacoffee.de/wordpress/) [Tove Jansson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tove_Jansson) [Kevin Rose ⛩ (@kevinrose) · Twitter](https://twitter.com/kevinrose) [Dirty T](https://www.instagram.com/timhoefer/) [Chris Do](https://www.thefutur.com/the-futurists/chris-do/) [jonathancourtneyux.com](http://jonathancourtneyux.com) [uxmessiah.com](http://uxmessiah.com/) [conversionmessiah.com](http://conversionmessiah.com/) [Andrew Kim (@mnmllymnml)—Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/mnmllymnml) [Ray Dalio: A Meaningful Life | The James Altucher Show, Ep. 290](https://jamesaltucher.com/podcast/ray-dalio-principles-for-investing-in-meaningful-life/) [**Book:** Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio](https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Life-Work-Ray-Dalio/dp/1501124021/) [331 Ryan Holiday — Behind the Conspiracy— James Altucher](https://jamesaltucher.com/podcast/ryan-holiday-331/) [**Book:** Atomic Habits by James Clear](https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-James-Clear/dp/1847941834) [**Book:** Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott](https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-KIM-SCOTT/dp/1509845380/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1545606877&sr=8-1) [Form: Growth consultancy for creative and tech businesses](https://www.form.studio/) [**Book:** Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl](https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545607029&sr=8-1&keywords=-+Man+search+for+meaning) [**Book:** Ready Player One: A Novel by Ernest Cline](https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-Ernest-Cline/dp/0307887448/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1545607066&sr=8-3&keywords=ready+player+one) Send Jake a message: [hey@jakeknapp.com](mailto:hey@jakeknapp.com) **Omnipresent Links:** [Buy Sprint!](https://www.thesprintbook.com/buy/) 📘 [Buy Make Time!](https://maketimebook.com/buy/) 📗 [**AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass**:](https://ajsmart.com/masterclass)[ajsmart.com/masterclass](https://ajsmart.com/masterclass) 👀 **Your Hosts:** * Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: [@jakek](https://twitter.com/jakek) * Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: [@jicecream](https://www.instagram.com/jicecream/) * Write into the podcast: [pbc@ajsmart.com](mailto:pbc@ajsmart.com) * Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: [PodcastTech.com](https://PodcastTech.com) * Show notes by Amr Khalifeh. IG: [@amrkhalifeh](https://www.instagram.com/amrkhalifeh/) * [Follow the podcast on Medium](https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial)

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Jake and Jonathan (formally Product Breakfast Club) is a behind the scenes look at how some of the best companies in the world design their products. Jake Knapp, NY Times best-selling author of "Sprint", has helped companies like Slack, Nest and 23andMe build successful products. Jonathan Courtney, co-founder of AJ&Smart, has worked with companies like RedBull, eBay and the United Nations, to help them build better products faster. In this new, exciting podcast, the two of them have teamed up to discuss things like product design, innovation and productivity.