In his book “The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness”. Author Andy Puddicombe who is also the co-founder of Headspace, explains that there are basically three aspects to meditation and mind training.

When reading that book and that introduction. I was amazed how basically it's the same for Service Design.

The first aspect: approach

The first aspect he defines is understanding the approach or the mindset.

Basically how does a service designer think?

From where does Service Design come from? What are the key values that make it a special discipline?

The second aspect: technics

It's only then that, you should really learn the techniques and the tools.

For example, learning how to create a service blueprint. Or how to run interviews.

The third aspect: integration

But where I find the ideas of Andy so inspiring. Is when it comes to the third aspect.

The third aspect is integration of what you have learned into everyday life.

Now imagine if Service Design wasn't something that you just used in projects at work. But what if you used it in your everyday life?

I think we can follow here Andy's inspiration.

We don't limit the power of something that we have learned, here Service Design, but for him meditation. Instead apply it to all the aspects of our lives.