The Life Brief: A Playbook for No-Regrets Living

From the outside, it looked like ad agency exec Wan and her husband were living the American dream. The truth was that they were drifting apart, too overwhelmed with responsibilities to enjoy their family. Wan realized that their lives were messy and she had to do something to get through the noise. She applied her professional techniques of branding to her personal life, and Life Brief was created. It is rooted in reflecting upon the driving questions: “What do I really, really, want in life? What is in my heart of hearts?” Life Brief is the practice of getting clear on what you want, not planning how to get there, because plans are too limiting. It is a tool to help people get explicit about their careers, families, creative outlets, community, and world. It provides a pathway for people to overcome limiting self-beliefs, self-doubt, and fear through a series of writing and thinking exercises that will help readers tune in to their inner voice. The book is divided into three sections, and each chapter opens with “The Question, the Practice, the Action.”