Great answers, everyone, thanks for the inspiration! Here is a short summary I put together (my apologies if I left something out):
Things that helped in (design) people's career: - *failure!* - unemployment - criticism; knowing how to take criticism - *mentors!* - faith, confidence - *curiosity; exploration;* reading SF, learning another language - *passion!* - teaching to others - volunteering - education; formal certification; trying to do a PhD - *practice, experience* - self-reflection - collaboration skills; attribution theory - being up to date - books, articles, blogs, conversations - challenging assumptions - being comfortable with uncertainty - getting the right job - taking risks; big challenges - talent - technical background - quality of life I emphasized those that seemed to be mentioned repeatedly. On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Sebi Tauciuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > If you were to name one thing (or a few) that contributed most to your > success, that brought a lot of value to your work, that greatly improved > your design skills (you get the idea), what would it be? > Maybe it's a decision you made, maybe it's an attitude, maybe a set of > values. Whatever it is, it helped you in a major way. > So.. what is it? > > Sebi > > -- > Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc > http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
