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Patience and Persistence

Patience

At times it can feel as if what we are doing is not going to work out at all. As if things are not happening as fast as they should be. But I want to tell you to keep hustling and being patient. With being patient I am not saying to sit and wait for something to happen.

More so get off your ass and get out there and hustle to make it happen. Because everything that you have whether its with your design work or contacts its from what you have done to meet those people and etc. If it was easy everybody would do it and succeed in it. Being a designer is way different then working as a Store manager. Simply they require different skills set and many other things.

I learned that the process from going to average to great is applied daily along with patience. You could also set weekly goals to help you achieve what you desire. Whether its goals, design clients or whatever else give that simple task a try for 30 days and see how you grow as a person.

Then apply that with patience and persistence of dedicating yourself to hustling and designing daily. Remember that not every day of designing is going to be fun, But there’s nothing saying that you are not allowed to make it wonderful.

Job Search Marathon

I just recently came across this video from a podcast that I listen to call the deeply graphic design cast. The deeply design cast is such a great podcast for anyone who is a designer or interested in design. But lets get back to the Job search after graduation.

As you all may know I graduated from Art school in June and I have been looking and applying to design jobs. But I realized that I have been doing it completely wrong. The process and plan that Dustin describes in this video is great. I plan to use them in my searching.  Also another thing with following up on places you have applied to. Because if you don’t you’ll just be another name in the bucket.

Instead of doing things the average person would do do something a bit better and go further then they would.

What are some things that you have experienced since searching for a job after graduation? Or how did you go about finding your Job after graduation?

Overrated designers

We all have many designers out there that we enjoy seeing their work, hearing them talk and etc. I feel that within that cycle there are other designers who get forgotten about. Because well some are looking for the fame. While others really could care less about it.

If you take time to appreciate the work of many people instead of just one, you will be open to appreciating more types of design. A prime example is movies in regards to who directs them and etc. Sure there are plenty of directors that are probably overrated but don’t think about that for a second.

Just think about if you only watched movies from one certain director and nobody else. There would many different types of movies you would miss and fail to appreciate. So to keep this short even if you think that he/she does awesome work of some kind go to behance or instagram and you find someone who does work just as good. Always keep your eyes open to other peoples work and approaches they take.

Landfill Harmonic- The world sends us garbage… We send back music.

This is amazing knowing that there are people who make instruments out of trash and are helping kids learn music that is great thing. I really am amazed at humans how we are able to take something that is forgotten and deemed worthless to someone and then make it worth something again.

P.S I have updated my portfolio earlier this week check it out if you have not gotten a chance and have a great weekend.

Glass up cheaper and better then google glass?

I first came across this video will browsing venturebeat.com and I was blown away by how cheap this are compared to google glass.  Also they differences in design for these glasses. One main thing was how the information your looking at will be in front instead of off to the side. They also I believe were going to have the capabilites of prescription glasses. The overall and visual look of them could be improved a bit with the frames but that could just be me.

Link to the venturebeat article

 

How I deal with horrible clients

Mad People!

Many of us no matter what profession we have dealt with horrible clients. Some people talk a big game and act as if they are serious and then just quit. I’ll admit when things like that happens it can be devastating to our motivation. It could also make you feel as if your not good enough for the client.

But you have to remember that there are plenty of clients out there who would actually appreciate a designer who is willing to help them and be honest. Do you best to not get treated like a door mat. Because if you let a client feel as if you need them more then they you need you they’ll take advantage of that.

There also will be times when you will have to fire a client. It may be something that you could not see yourself doing at the moment. But think of it this way would you want to keep communicating with someone who is not taking the Job serious.

So here’s how I dealt with the bad clients that I have had

  1. Communciation: if they are not taking the time to respond quickly within a day or so they will waste your time
  2. If you present a contract and they hesitate signing it they are most likely not committed to it.
  3. Listen to yourself if a Job does not feel right do not take it or pass it off to someone else
  4. Treat your clients good regardless whether good or bad
  5. Remember to be honest with them (it will save a lot of time)

That’s just a few things that I use in my dealing with bad clients. I’m pretty sure there’s more to it then just 5 things.

What are some things that you do when dealing with bad clients?