The thing i like about reading about Pixar is that they have an amazing ability to try things and fail in private before releasing something successful. End of discussion." There are thousands of things i don't know, but very few of them stop me from thinking about a problem or trying to tackle it if i need to.Īlso, a radio interview with the amazing Andrew Stanton, of Pixar and Innovation lessons from Pixar: An interview with Oscar-winning director Brad Bird from the McKinsey Quarterly. Nothing makes me cringe more than "I don't know how to do that. The people i have the easiest time working with have a real can-do attitude and a positive attitude about problem solving. I have certainly seen that in my professional life. The gist of this article is that your attitude towards your potential has a huge impact on how you grow in your career. Wish me luck!įrom the NYTimes early in July, If You're Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow. Working less outside of normal hours, ignoring other stuff and just making time to work on stuff i have been neglecting. I am making the normal (read, ridiculous) amount of stuff at work and re-evaluating everything else to make more at home. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. My sense of balance is skewed lately (for a long time now, really) and i have been trying to reprioritize.Ī recent twitter quote from why the lucky stiff and the recent making series on 43folders ( part 1 - Bad Correspondence, part 2 - The Job You Think You Have and part 3 - One Clear Line) were very refreshing because they are very close to what i have been thinking about lately. Big software that involves big money, big headaches and big fun in interesting proportions. I haven't spent nearly as much time making photographs as i have reading or working. Its hard because there are always things to do that pull you away from making.
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