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Great one-stop-shop for UX knowledge: https://lawsofux.com/

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A reminder to all designers out there: strive to “do the most good” with your incredible skills and talents. You possess the power to create change in big and small ways.

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The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.

Carol S. Dweck, from Words of Women

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Patagonia, I salute you.

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Unbelievably excited to attend the 3% Conference this year! Their mission statement says it all:

Until The 3% Movement came along, only 3% of all U.S. Creative Directors were women. In a world where women influence upwards of 80% of consumer spending and 60% of social media sharing, this is business suicide. Through a mix of content, community and professional development, we've helped raise the number of female CDs to 11% while giving agencies a clear road map of ways to champion female creative talent and leadership. Our movement includes a 2-day annual fall conference, one-day MiniCons in cities around the world, a Certification Program, agency consulting programs, a vibrant online community, a live Super Bowl Tweetup, a student scholarship fund, a business blog and more.

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Thomas Edison

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Ultimately, the appeal of working at MoMA comes down to the purity of designing for art. It’s the notion that they’re making something that isn’t just about selling an object (though that’s part of the job), but selling ideas and education, too. “We’d rather sell Picasso tickets than Nike shoes,” says Saatdjian.

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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

Amelia Earhart

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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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How many success stories do you need to hear before you make your own?

Anonymous

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Do what you love, not what you think you're supposed to do.

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What I know for sure about following your dreams:

Think of it like this. Every moment you spend on one project is a moment you cannot spend on another. Which moment is worth more to you?

Moving on from one dream to make another a reality isn’t failure and it isn’t giving up, it’s getting better at committing.

When people tell you no, it’s not the same thing to telling yourself no. The first is control and a lack of faith, the second is discipline and showing faith in yourself.

An interest is different from a passion is different from an obsession is different from a dream. Work out which is which.

There is no point at which you have failed at a dream, as long as you have spent energy and time to follow it.

Your dreams are supposed to be enjoyed, not blasted through at the speed of light, and if you don’t stop to enjoy ’em, when you reach where you wanted to be it will only feel empty.

Nothing matters more than what you wanted to do. By that I mean, don’t let other people dictate the paradigms and details and expectations and deliverables of your dreams.

Just because someone has share a shitty quote image of Elizabeth Holmes telling you that “having a back up plan is committing to fail” doesn’t mean it’s true. Embrace having multiple dreams to follow, and if one doesn’t align or doesn’t work, switch paths.

Remember, Steve Jobs’ passion was music a long time before it was tech. You don’t have to turn what you love into a life long dream. You can however let other dreams influence the dreams you follow.

People will say, if your dream is to be a playwright, you will never be as rich as if your dream is to write software. A lot of people will say that kind of shit. It doesn’t matter — the value of your dreams should not be measured in dollars alone.

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“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of others, instead, seek what they sought.

Matsuo Bashō