Yet, there is something enduring in all of these cities. Beating and pulsing, the hue of life circulating in encrusted factories turned incubators, in new neon signs rising above teeming streets, in cafes dispensing local brews of every breed, in rehabilitated row homes with more dignity in one brick than the entirety of Iowa.
— RJ Koscielniak—From Possible to Real: Recognizing the New Frontier
Finally, I’m both really busy on one hand, and secretly lazy on the other. What motivates me more than anything else is the conviction that my clients are depending on me: if we don’t come through for them, there’s no back up. The responsibility is mine and mine alone. Knowing that three or four other teams are toiling away at the same challenge, rather than whetting my competitive spirit, simply brings out the slacker in me.
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Michael Bierut
The most reassuring bit of text I’ve read in a long time comes from this book, whose author is [not] coincidentally speaking Wednesday evening at Sam Fox.
I ask myself, am I really stuck? Sometimes we think we’re stuck or we want to think we’re stuck but we’re actually on track and just don’t know it. Some paths are inevitable. Remember, a rut is also a groove.
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My favorite tip from an immensely helpful ISO50 post.
Work like a slave. Command like a king. Create like a god.
— Constantin Brâncuşi
