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Asking for help isn’t failure. It’s an opportunity for success.
Sometimes it takes a little humility to realize the best path to success. Here’s why.
How to Confidently Survive a Recession as a Resilient Creative
We live and work in uncertain times. Here are five steps to becoming recession proof.
Not Every Project Will be a Wild Success, but it Can be One Person’s Favorite
There are no guarantees someone will like your work. But this is why you should show it off anyway.
How to turn the tables on hollow perfectionism and better your life
Creativity is a muscle. It’s not an objective truth. This is why you should be searching for progress over perfection.
Why accepting what we don’t know can make us wildly smarter
As much as we might think know, we don’t know everything. And that’s okay. It turns out admitting it more often can make us smarter.
Why We Should Embrace Becoming a Master of None
Creatives thrive on variety. When the world tells you to specialize, this is why you should try more things.