10 Lessons for young designers
1: Be authentic. The most powerful asset you have is your individuality, what makes you unique. It’s time to stop listening to others on what you should do.2: Work harder than anyone else and you will always benefit from the effort.3: Get off the computer and connect with real people and culture. Life is visceral.4: Constantly improve your craft. Make things with your hands. Innovation in thinking is not enough.5: Travel as much as you can. It is a humbling and inspiring experience to learn just how much you don’t know.6: Being original is still king, especially in this tech-driven, group-grope world.7: Try not to work for stupid people or you’ll soon become one of them.8: Instinct and intuition are all-powerful. Learn to trust them.9: The Golden Rule actually works. Do good.10: If all else fails, No. 2 is the greatest competitive advantage of any career.

10 Lessons for young designers

1: Be authentic. The most powerful asset you have is your individuality, what makes you unique. It’s time to stop listening to others on what you should do.
2: Work harder than anyone else and you will always benefit from the effort.
3: Get off the computer and connect with real people and culture. Life is visceral.
4: Constantly improve your craft. Make things with your hands. Innovation in thinking is not enough.
5: Travel as much as you can. It is a humbling and inspiring experience to learn just how much you don’t know.
6: Being original is still king, especially in this tech-driven, group-grope world.
7: Try not to work for stupid people or you’ll soon become one of them.
8: Instinct and intuition are all-powerful. Learn to trust them.
9: The Golden Rule actually works. Do good.
10: If all else fails, No. 2 is the greatest competitive advantage of any career.


33 notes

Show

  1. petrichorhigh reblogged this from ruthsayshallo
  2. ruthsayshallo reblogged this from detached
  3. useobwablowmeakiss reblogged this from youmademethisway
  4. youmademethisway reblogged this from shitisbanana
  5. shitisbanana reblogged this from detached
  6. detached reblogged this from monicarrss
  7. everythingepic reblogged this from monicarrss
  8. kneeky reblogged this from theseoriented
  9. theseoriented reblogged this from mammamiaaa
  10. monicarrss reblogged this from mammamiaaa
  11. mammamiaaa reblogged this from pinklmaonade
  12. pinklmaonade reblogged this from thisherejournal
  13. thisherejournal reblogged this from edelman8095
  14. omegha reblogged this from edelman8095
  15. ionsclifos reblogged this from edelman8095
  16. futurenever reblogged this from edelman8095
  17. edelman8095 posted this

Blog comments powered by Disqus