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Overheard a client on the phone call my work 'adequate'...
I was picking up a check at a client's office last Tuesday and heard them on a call in the next room. They said, 'Yeah, the freelancer's work is adequate, we'll keep them for now.' Adequate... like lukewarm coffee. It hit me that after 8 months, I was just a safe, boring choice. I went home and redid my whole portfolio site that night, adding three big, creative pieces I'd been scared to show. Got a call for a much more interesting project two days later. Has anyone else had a moment that made you stop playing it so safe?
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kim_patel896d ago
Totally get that. Had a boss tell me my designs were "reliable" once. Reliable. Like a boring old car. Spent the whole weekend making the weirdest, loudest poster series I could think of. Put it on my site and it actually got me a call from a band looking for album art. Sometimes you just need to hear that bland feedback to remember you can be way more than just safe.
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anna9836d ago
My old art teacher said something similar, kim_patel89, and it really lit a fire under me too.
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