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Hard Work - Blog Posts
or something in the arts ughh
I put the “hard” in hard working
formula for success
part luck + part privilege + part hard work + part talent
Luck and talent cannot be controlled
Privilege can be influenced or bought
That's why we focus on hard work
But if we don't succeed, it's not always because we didn't work hard enough
And actually it's almost always luck
everybody's a creative
Anyone can be creative and come up with ideas
But real creatives come up with ideas and own the ideas
Execute and own the execution
Take feedback without taking it personally and then make changes to fit the bill
This takes training and hardwork
This takes dedication and persistence
Go ahead and call yourself a creative but don't forget to do all these things
86 units shy of a stupid degree
I don't have a marketing degree, so I work harder than those with one.
I don't have that piece of paper to point to when people ask for my qualifications so I've built a body of work that I can point to instead.
Work that I've poured my everything into.
Work that shows bottom-line improvement numbers because I don't have grades to show.
When I take up a project I put my back into it because I know that if I fail people won't attribute it to market conditions, budget constraints, or bad luck but to my lack of a marketing degree, formal education, and theoretical knowledge.