Reminders for myself
For whatever action scares you (and isn’t life-threatening), remember this surefire way to eliminate the fear: do it 100 times.
Julie Zhuo
“One of the superpowers a designer has is to envision a world that doesn’t yet exist and lay out the steps to get there and make it a reality.
There’s a piece of that that means some designers never really settle for accepting reality as it is, and they do what they can to influence and shape reality into one that’s closer to what they like.”
Dan Mal
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Whenever you hear yourself saying “I have to…”, change it to “I choose to…” Remembering you have choices does wonders for your well-being.
Julie Zuho
Can you be creative just by creating? – Anton Sten – Product Designer
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Articulating Design Decisions
youtu.bePeople on the outside will criticize things they have a limited view of. But if you give people the chance to be part of the solution, they will either take you up on it or they will see how their suggestion impacts everyone else.
A talented person can quickly become mediocre when you force them to be someone they aren’t.
Satisfaction does not come from money, rewards, status or praise; it comes from impressing yourself. Mistaking the former for the latter is a source of enormous misery.
Julie Zhuo
