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Follow these five tips to learn how to embrace feedback, learn, improve, and become a better designer.
Five Mindset Tips
- Distance yourself from the design so you feel like an objective observer
- Accept that you may not have the best idea
- Understand that this one design doesn't define your skills and abilities
- Build an inner strength
- Develop a growth mindset
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When you're heading into
a big design review meeting,
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you need to prepare yourself by
getting into the right mindset.
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While we can't always anticipate feedback,
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if you know it's coming,
you can mentally prepare.
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In this video, I'll walk you through five
simple tips that'll get you ready for
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feedback.
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First, distance yourself from the design
so you feel like an objective observer.
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It's not my design or
my project, imagine that you and
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the critic are on the same team,
working on the same problem.
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Critique your own work aloud with
the critic, this creates a shift in power.
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Objectively examine
the choices you've made to
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better understand how to
take the design further.
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Second, accept that you may
not always have the best idea.
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Release any pressure you put on yourself
to come up with the best, most creative,
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most successful solution.
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You're a facilitator of ideas, and your
design will help guide the discussion.
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In fact, it's very common that a designer
view sparks even more creativity and
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leads to iteration that
creates an even better design.
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Third, understand that this one design
doesn't define your skills and abilities.
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It's easy to hear a negative critique and
either fall into a downward spiral of
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questioning your decision to be a designer
or feel your ego threatened and
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get defensive.
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Realize that most work goes
through an awkward phase.
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And some days it's more
difficult to feel creative,
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it's a natural part of the process.
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Once you come to terms with the natural
ebb and flow of your creative work,
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you can build an inner strength,
that's the fourth tip.
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What do you know about
yourself that's irrefutable?
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For example, I do my best, my intentions
are pure, I trust my abilities.
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Build a safe foundation in yourself,
imagining you have a strong core
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that's immovable,
the criticism can't penetrate it.
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Let the feedback in, but
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don't let it shake your fundamental
confidence in your abilities.
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Finally, my fifth tip,
develop a growth mindset.
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A growth mindset helps you understand that
you are always learning and improving.
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It opens you up to constructive feedback
and allows you to grow as a designer.
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Feedback will make you better,
so embrace it.
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I put a list of these five
tips in the teacher's notes.
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