Sometimes making choices in our career paths is difficult. Wouldn't it be helpful to have guidelines to help us make decisions that open up your options rather than shut them down? Discover how choosing creativity, a growth mindset, finding your Flow, and being a Maker puts you on the path of having infinite possibilities in your career, creating a clear path to a future where you can not only be awesome, but also do meaningful work.
13. You are powerfully creative
http://www.designyourway.net/diverse/4/ux/brainy.jpg?e8a293
14. Curiousity
Problem-solvers (experiential & visual)
Critical Thinkers
Empathic, Humanizers
Collaborative
Masters of strategic simplification
Some of the many gifts of UX Designers
15. “User experience is an art form of its
own.”
– Carrie Cousins, “Why Does User Experience Matter?”
http://designshack.net/articles/why-does-user-experience-matter/
16. Science and Art meet in Wonder
https://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/Uploads/cafesci/images/Toronto-14-04-09-artscience%20cafe%20osc%20crop%20small.jpg
17. “…A fantastic UX creates an
emotional bond, causing users and
customers to become advocates.”
– Jennifer Smith, "Why UX is important"
18. Can even elicit devotion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bohman/174718774/
19. “I just LOVE (insert device/app/site)!”
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/7348035690/
20. Now is the time to value yourself
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgraths/3277839203
21. “The new scarcity: the time, energy,
and brainpower of bright, creative
people.”
- Mary Poppendieck, “Think For Yourself”
62. “Maybe I don’t have enough talent.”
“What if I fail?”
“If I don’t try, I can protect my dignity.”
“It’s not my fault. It’s something/someone else’s.”
72. “I can learn to do this with time & effort.”
“Most successful people have had failure along the
way.”
“If I don’t try, I automatically fail.”
“If I don’t take responsibility, I can’t fix it.”
82. “I don’t divide the world into the weak and
the strong, or the successes and the
failures…Idividetheworldintothe
learnersandnonlearners.”
– Benjamin Barber, Sociologist
108. …Has little regard for
their potential to
shape the future or
ability to take action
on issues that truly
motivate them.
A Taker…
109. …A maker’s work is
characterized by morality,
creativity, craftsmanship,
and purposed problem
solving.
They view their work
through the lens of
service.
A Maker…
110. “….Makers choose their work based on
impact and happiness.”
Jason Cavnar, "Why developers should start
choosing conscience over profit"
http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/18/developers-choosing-conscience-over-profit/
148. “If you want to build a ship,
don't drum up people to collect
wood and don't assign them
tasks and work, but rather
teach them to long for the
endless immensity of the sea.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
https://www.flickr.com/photos/masma06/11337154704/
158. THE CREATIVE DOSE
A Creativity + Innovation Collective
Work Better. Create More. Create Betterness.
Creative Thinking & Problem-solving
Applying an Innovation Mindset
Creative Collaboration
Team Communication & Cohesion
TheCreativeDose.com
@thecreativedose
159. My upcoming book!
Banish Your Inner
Critic
DeniseJacobs.com/InnerCritic
26 Effective Techniques for
Unleashing Productive
Creativity
160. Please take the Creative Blocks Survey
Creativedo.se/creative-blocks-survey
161. DeniseJacobs.com
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