Strategy Is More Short-Term Than You Think

Coming up with new strategies is easy. Executing them takes tireless effort and daily diligence.

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How to Deal with Crushing Feedback on Your Creative Work

Criticism can sting. Avoid becoming defensive and instead give a measured response to ensure a productive conversation.

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Jad Abumrad: Why "Gut Churn" Is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

When every instinct is telling us to stop, how do we keep pushing our creativity to unknown heights?

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Understanding How to Frame Your Creative Expertise

You don't need to be all-knowing to make a meaningful contribution to your team.

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How to Get Hired When You Are Just Starting Out

No experience? No problem. Side projects and tailored applications can help overcome your lack of work history.

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How to Build a Creative Portfolio Before Your First Client or Job

No experience? No problem. Side projects and tailored applications can help overcome your lack of work history.

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How to Build a Creative Portfolio Before You Land Your First Client or Job

No experience? No problem. Package your side projects and your personal story to make a compelling portfolio, even before you start your career.

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How I Gave up Email and Reclaimed 3 Hours a Day

Leave your e-mail inbox behind by moving your communication to collaborative tools and social media.

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Why You Should Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up

Trying to be perfect can cause enough anxiety and frustration to sabotage our creativity.

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Is Poor Time Management Limiting Your Potential?

Having trouble progressing on that big creative project? Six questions to "reality check" your time management skills and get you back on track.

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Unleash Your Unconscious: How Switching Tasks Maximizes Creative Thinking

Switching tasks smartly allows your unconscious to "incubate" -- working away at knotty problems in the background while you do other things.

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Rilla Alexander: Without the Doing, Dreaming Is Useless

Ever get distracted by a new idea and have trouble seeing the original one through? Illustrator Rilla Alexander shares her idea execution struggle through an all-ages story.

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