A lot of you need to see yourself succeeding, you naturally worry about failure, what about when you succeed, are you not meant to plan for that too.
Price it in.
One thing I'm learning as a designer is that not every project will bring visibility, money or recognition.
But every project is an opportunity to improve your eye, strengthen your thinking and build your creative judgement.
One thought I'll always carry with me:
Be patient with your output, but be impatient with your input.
"We tend to measure our work by what it gives us immediately, without always considering what it is demonstrating about us or what it is preparing us to do next.
Every project leaves something behind. Judgement, experiences, relationships, reputation. Evidence of what you can do. You rarely know which piece of work will become the reason someone trusts you with something bigger.
Looking back at my own journey, I can see how years of work across design, fintech, education, and creative communities have shaped what I can build today. The significance of some experiences only became clear much later.
The opportunity may look new when it arrives. The qualities it requires may have been developing for years. This is why I believe so strongly in proof as a system for career excellence.
You are often building proof for opportunities you haven't even imagined yet.
You don't know what today's work is preparing you for.
Do it well anyway."
"We tend to measure our work by what it gives us immediately, without always considering what it is demonstrating about us or what it is preparing us to do next.
Every project leaves something behind. Judgement, experiences, relationships, reputation. Evidence of what you can do. You rarely know which piece of work will become the reason someone trusts you with something bigger.
Looking back at my own journey, I can see how years of work across design, fintech, education, and creative communities have shaped what I can build today. The significance of some experiences only became clear much later.
The opportunity may look new when it arrives. The qualities it requires may have been developing for years. This is why I believe so strongly in proof as a system for career excellence.
You are often building proof for opportunities you haven't even imagined yet.
You don't know what today's work is preparing you for.
Do it well anyway."