Design Detective
The man behind the mission at Design Detective is Matt.E.Winter.
During his 25 years as a teacher (and 6 months as an acting Principal :), in a variety of traditional educational systems (both State and Private Sectors here in Australia and overseas), he was consistently frustrated by the fact that so many students didn't fit 'The System' and consequently were judged to be a failure according to the academic measure being applied to all students, regardless of their absolutely unique individual profile of PERSONALITY, INTERESTS, SKILL/ABILITIES and VALUES/PRIORITIES.
Matt observed that many of his students over the years, who fell short of the expectations of the school system were absolutely exceptional and immensely successful in other non-school pursuits. It became very clear to Matt that 'Failure at School' did not equate with 'Failure at Life' if students were able to 'find their thing' and pursue it with passion.
Similarly, Matt also observed that 'Success at School' did not always equate with 'Success at Life'. Some students who were immensely successful by the measure of the school system, shipwrecked their lives because they were overwhelmed by all the options available to them, or they made life choices based on other people's expectations rather than following their own path with passion.
DESIGN DETECTIVE (as the name suggests :), is a passion project aimed a helping people do a deep dive into their absolutely unique design so they know what to do with their lives. When people deeply understand their unique profile of PERSONALITY, INTERESTS, SKILLS/ABILIITIES and VALUES/PRIORITIES (their design :), their purpose for being on the planet (their thing :) often becomes clear. Fulfillment is found when you are doing what you were put on the planet to do.
Steve Irwin summed it up beautifully in this quote: 'My job, my mission, the reason I’ve been put onto this planet is to save wildlife !’
DESIGN DETECTIVE really wants people to jump out of bed every morning loving that thing they do :)
Let's go on this adventure of self-discovery together.
Matt.E.Winter
(Director of Purposeful Futures @ DESIGN DETECTIVE)