The document provides a "survival guide" consisting of 9 tips for professional success. The tips include: controlling your ego, taking risks, questioning assumptions, learning from mistakes, copying others' ideas strategically, accepting criticism, iterating ideas, focusing on details through hard work, and maintaining work-life balance by saying no. The overall message is about overcoming challenges through personal growth, risk-taking, learning from failures and others, and valuing one's time.

1. deadly practices
for which you will be grateful
Krzysztof Piwowar
Tipi UX, Gdynia 14.06.2016

2. shove your Ego up your…#1

3. #1 shove your Ego up your…
Sooner you’ll learn, that your Ego is your worst enemy,
the better.
The Ego is like a 20lbs stone attached to your leg when you’re
struggling for survival in th water. It won’t kill you right away.
Instead, it will slowly drown you untill you’ll run out of steam
and give up.

4. #1 shove your Ego up your…

5. #1 shove your Ego up your…
Master the
Shu-Ha-Ri
#1
#1

6. #1 shove your Ego up your…
Master the
Shu-Ha-Ri
#1
#1

7. make a risky deal
with the sponsor
#2

8. #2 make a risky deal with the sponsor
Are you not on the front line? Are the decisions happening without
your knowledge? It’s a time to put a gun to your head and start playing
Russian roulette..
Deal with the sponsor has it pros and cons. For cons, you have the
risk and accountability. For pros, there’s access to the data that you
never had before and ability to influence decisions that were
happening behind your back.

9. #2 make a risky deal with the sponsor

10. #2 make a risky deal with the sponsor
Build your trust
and credibility
#2
#2

11. #2 make a risky deal with the sponsor
Build your trust
and credibility
#2
#2

12. become the dumbest
person in the team
#3

13. #3 become the dumbest person in the
team
If you don’t know how the dumbest person feels, try to understand the
rules of quantum physics.
The average four-years-old child asks 437 questions* per day. Not
because he’s an ignorant. The child asks questions to understand
how & why sth. works, can it work differently. When was the last
time when you’ve asked so many questions during one day?
* Data comes from recent MUS studies (MUS - Made up s$$t)

14. #3 become the dumbest person in the team

15. #3 become the dumbest person in the team
Discard obviousness
from your dictionary
#3
#3

16. #3 become the dumbest person in the team
Discard obviousness
from your dictionary
#3
#3

17. make
a mistake
#4

18. #4 make a mistake
If our parents didn’t make mistakes, proably most of us wouldn’t be
here after all. Do you think they drew any conclusions?
One of the valuable gifts you can get from your company or what you
can get yourself is the approval to make mistakes. There’s nothing
worse than a fear of being wrong. It’s the deadliest diesis which we
all suffer.

19. #4 make a mistake

20. #4 make a mistake
Draw constructive
conclusions
(learn how to do it well)
#4
#4

21. #4 make a mistake
Draw constructive
conclusions
(learn how to do it well)
#4
#4

22. copy & steal without
hesitation
#5

23. #5 copy & steal without hesitation
How many times will people reinvent the wheel again? If you’re still
trying to achieve that, it means that you haven’t learned anything.
If you think that you’ll start a revolution, you’re naive. Evolution was,
is and always be the foundation of any progress. The evelution
that was happening on the shoulders of sth. that already exists. Your
job, as a designer, is to build a soulution that meets the goal.
There’s no place for the extravagance just for doing sth. new.

24. #5 copy & steal without hesitation

25. Nie kopiuj na ślepo,
kradnij z głową
(znaj odpowiedź
na pytanie “dlaczego”)
#5
#5
#5 copy & steal without hesitation

26. #5 copy & steal without hesitation
Nie kopiuj na ślepo,
kradnij z głową
(znaj odpowiedź
na pytanie “dlaczego”)
#5
#5

27. invite critics & swallow
the bitterness
#6

28. #6 invite critics & swallow the bitterness
Are you scared of negative feedback? Do you feel how your ego is
suffering? It’s a sign that you rarely ask for feedback.
There’s nothing better than constructive criticism from people with
whom you’re working with on daily basis. Even if this criticism is
pretty harsh. Thanks to that your skills will be better, your work will be
better and your weakness vanishes.

29. #6 invite critics & swallow the bitterness

30. Accept criticism
(learn how to do it)
#6
#6
#6 invite critics & swallow the bitterness

31. Accept criticism
(learn how to do it well)
#6
#6
#6 invite critics & swallow the bitterness

32. discard your 1st, 2nd & 3rd
idea
#7

33. #7 discard your 1st, 2nd & 3rd idea
So you think that your first idea is ideal. Go and compare it with the 4th
version. Then we can talk.
The temptation to follow your first concept can be as huge, as the
need of visiting the bathroom in the morning. Fight with that. Iteration
is the foundation of a good solution. When you go for the first
solution, you’re chooding the easiest path, and you’re aiming for the
average.

34. #7 discard your 1st, 2nd & 3rd idea

35. #7 discard your 1st, 2nd & 3rd idea

36. get yourself dirty & sweaty#8

37. #8 get yourself dirty & sweaty
If your hands are clean as surgeon’s hands before the surgical
procedure and your forehead is dry as the Sahara dessert, when you
present your work, you didn’t do your homework at all.
Awesome solutions are born in dirt & sweat. Their designers were
exploring places that others avoided for years. Do you know what
sweat the details mean? If not, you’ve homework to do.

38. #8 get yourself dirty & sweaty

39. #8 get yourself dirty & sweaty
Don’t ignore the details
#8
#8

40. #8 get yourself dirty & sweaty
Don’t ignore the details
#8
#8

41. send people away
empty-handed
#9

42. #9 send people away empty-handed
Do you know the word called balance? If it doesn’t exist in your
dictionary, you’ll burn out earlier than you think.
You can’t help everyone and always. Everyting should have its time
and place. When you reject to help somebody, it doesn’t mean
anything bad. It’s just an evidence of your assertiveness and
realistic apporach to your time, capabilities and things that need
to be done. If someone doesn’t understand it, it’s his problem.

43. #9 send people away empty-handed

44. #9 send people away empty-handed
Value your time
#9
#9

45. #9 send people away empty-handed
Value your time
#9
#9

46. #1 shove your Ego up your…
#2 make a risky deal with the sponsor
#3 become the dumbest person in the team
#4 make a mistake
#5 copy & steal withouth hesitation
Your survival guide

47. #6 invite critics & swallow the bitterness
#7 discard your 1st, 2nd & 3rd idea
#8 get yourself dirty & sweaty
#9 send people away empty-handed
Your survival guide

48. You can send your
thanks through email
krzysztof.piwowar@spartez.com
@xysiu (Twitter)
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