How to Design Your Life

November 20, 2025

This video talks about designing your life. It outlines 5 principles or 5 Steps that will help you design your life.

1. Glancing Backwards, Planning Forward

2. Life is simple keep it that way

3. Designing your life is more important than designing your career

4. Life is not a dress rehearsal.

5. To Develop Strategies, Depend on Systems

By Christopher D. Houston — CDHouston Leadership Development

I’m Chris Houston

I inspire emerging leaders through keynote speaking, graduate-level teaching, and leading a marriage ministry grounded in biblical leadership principles.

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I am a certified John Maxwell Trainer, seasoned federal executive and leader, and experienced educator with over 39 years of leadership and management expertise across military, government, IT, and academic settings. I inspire emerging leaders through keynote speaking, graduate-level teaching, and leading a marriage ministry grounded in biblical leadership principles.