June 15, 2010

How to Be a Jedi Designer

From the HOW Design Conference session by John January & Tug McTighe:

Tenet 1: Choose to live as a Padawan learner. Find your Obi Wan. Be open to learning, listening, and questioning yourself.

Tenet 2: Choose to concept the Jedi way. Collaborate, especially with people who think differently from you.

Tenet 3: Concentrate on the here and now. Your best opportunities are on your desk. Don't waste them by wishing you were doing something else.

Tenet 4. Beware of the dark side. For us that is envy, pettiness, and insecurity. Overcome those pulls.

Tenet 5: Do or do not. There is no try. Embrace failure and learn something. Do the best you can, never half-assed. Forget what you can't control.

Tenet 6: Celebrate seriously. Victories are short-lived, so relish them.

Tenet 7: The (creative) Force is with you.

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