Project Management
by Andreas Vlach · updated 6mo ago
Project Management
- What made the hours pass like minutes when you were a child? Herein lies the key to your earthly pursuits.” — Carl Jung
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- "I frequently worry that being productive is the surest way to lull ourselves into a trance of passivity and busyness the greatest distraction from living, as we coast through our lives day after day, showing up for our obligations but being absent from our selves, mistaking the doing for the being." — Maria Popova
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“You feel differently towards the world when you make things.”
from Passages Saved From iOS
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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” - Marcus Aurelius
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- When you’re stuck, ask yourself: what’s the simplest, worst version of this I can whip out in 15 minutes? • Free-flow shitty first draft of a blog post • 5-slide presentation with no design flourish • Messy project mindmap in your notebook Put a timer on and give it a try :)
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- Artists: Be your own best assistant. Do your research. Get your tools and materials in order. These will be the ancestors, spirit guides and self-replicating imagination of your work. This will allow art to reproduce itself in you. You’ll thank yourself during & afterwards.
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One of the things that surprised me the most was to see that for any piece of work being shared, designers would put together a keynote deck for it. It could be the smallest thing, like a quick look at the latest work progression, or big presentations, of course. At Apple, designers use the power of storytelling to influence others, instead of just
... See morefrom What I Learned as a Product Designer at Apple by Andrea Pacheco
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- It bears repeating: Being productive is not a path to fulfilment. Your productivity is not your self-worth. You can live a great life with zero ‘productive’ output. Do work that gives you an intrinsic sense of satisfaction, not as a stepping stone to happiness.
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