Why you aren’t getting better.
Product Mistakes that Apply to Careers: focusing on acquisition instead of retention (focusing on networking instead of relationships & reputation). Or working in a space that doesn’t get more valuable over time (e.g working in a dying industry), or building another “me-too” product without differentiation (not taking enough career risk). Choos... See more
Substack • See your Career as a Product
Design is a demanding career.
Some of the most talented designers I know eventually stall out. Not from lack of ability, but because the rules change and they keep playing the old game.
In the early years, skill gets you noticed. You obsess over details. You catch what others miss. You hold the quality bar... See more
Hardik Pandyax.comThe reason you might be having trouble with your practice in the long run—if you were capable of building a practice in the short run—is nearly always because you are afraid. The fear, the resistance, is very insidious. It doesn’t leave a lot of fingerprints, but the person who manages to make a movie short that blows everyone away but can’t raise
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