Life Design Resources
Besides running our presentation design business, occasionally I do consulting on education and entrepreneurship.
Here are resources from Life Design sessions I organized in 2025 for worldschooling community in Spanish Andalusia .
Speakers sharing their stories
Here are people that shared their stories. Reach out to them if you have questions – use added contact link.
- Anne Lepelaars – Psychologist (LinkedIn)
- Ondrej Bosak – Sociologist, Chief Revenue Officer at IT company (LinkedIn)
- Kristoffer Lidengren – (LinkedIn)
- Peter Zvirinsky – ( LinkedIn)
Resources
Tools
- Budget calculator (Google Sheets link)
- make your own copy and fill
Famous People Life Journeys – podcasts
My favourite podcasts are Tim Ferriss show. Below are a few selected episodes with several very interesting people – scientists and entrepreneurs:
- James Dyson, UK inventor and engineer
- about engineering mindset, importance to “make” things, missing workshops in universities, creativity and persistence in inventing
- Sir James Dyson — Founder of Dyson and Master Inventor on How to Turn the Mundane into Magic (#530)
[podcast on Tim Ferriss show, lengthy 2+ hrs, but worth every minute]
- Barbara Corcoran – famous Shark Tank and NY real-estate investor
- her story from being a waiter, moving to New York to own company
- interview at Tim Ferriss podcast #725
- Boyd Varty – Lion’s tracker in Africa
- excellent stories about Africa’s wildlife
- podcast inteview: Boyd Varty — The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life (#571)
- Psychology, streetart magic, scientific approach to ghosts – by Richard Wiseman
- Biologist Isabel Behncke – about Bonobo study of Africa monkeys
- interesting stories about history of biology science Darwin, Humbold, Konrad Lorenz
- Primatologist Isabel Behncke on Play, Sexual Selection, and Lessons from Following Bonobos for 3,000 Kilometers in the Jungles of Congo (#598)
- Physics – Michio Kaku – known from Discovery channel
- great story and role model of becoming curious top scientist blowing fuses in parent’s garage, stories about Einstein, StarTrek technology…
- Interview podcast: Dr. Michio Kaku — Exploring Time Travel, the Beauty of Physics, Parallel Universes, the Mind of God, String Theory, Lessons from Einstein, and More (#562)
- Biologist from Chile – Guiliana Furci:
- role model of a biology scientist, history of Chile, discovering new mushrooms…
- podcast interview: Giuliana Furci on the Wonders of Mycology, Wisdom from Jane Goodall, Favorite Books, and the World’s Largest Fungarium (#525)
- Book writer, A.J. Jacobs about importance of games, curiosity…
- podcast interview: How to Be Less Furious and More Curious (#588)
Books
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert Kyiosaki. On getting experience doing various jobs and more.
- board game: CashFlow
Other resources
- TED.com presentations
- start there for example with Hans Rosling, Ken Robinson…
- my links on starting a business
- my presentation from 2024 Tropi Talk event on my LinkedIn. I put there sketches of decisioning table and described steps to develop your business idea.
Contact me (best via my LinkedIn), if you have questions or want to connect. I gladly share my experiences with education or running a business.
Peter