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.
18. You are powerfully creative
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19. Masters of strategic simplification
Can translate complex
information & data into accessible visuals
Evoke emotion & provoke thought
Problem-solvers
Critical thinkers
Gifts of Instructional Designers
20. Now’s the time to value yourself
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21. “The new scarcity: the time, energy,
and brainpower of bright, creative
people.”
- Mary Poppendieck, “Think For Yourself”
64. “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.”
74. “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.”
84. “I don’t divide the world into the weak and
the strong, or the successes and the
failures…Idividetheworldintothe
learnersandnonlearners.”
– Benjamin Barber, Sociologist
98. “You can’t force yourself to get into
(creative) flow, but you can set the
conditions for it.”
– Ted Neward, “Managers are from Mars, Developers are from Venus”
99. 1) Get in touch with your brilliance
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112. …Has little regard for
their potential to
shape the future or
ability to take action
on issues that truly
motivate them.
A Taker…
113. …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…
114. “….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/
151. “Creativity and innovation are particularly
challenging because good ideas don’t always come
from the top.”
– Nancy Lyons, “Own It”, DPM Summit 2015