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No I didn't clean up for the photos   That's my bamboo brief case   I like to keep it clean :) Posted via email from Eye Say • The Web Log

Jan. Boundaries by Henry Cloud Feb. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Mar. Stop acting Rich by Thomas J. Stanley Apr. Wild at heart by John Eldridge May. Selling to the Affluent by Thoamas J. Stanley Jun. No by David Walsh Jul. Start With No: The Only Negotiating System You Need for Work and Home by Jim Camp Aug. Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic Sep. Boundaries Face to Face by Henry Cloud Oct. Re-imagine by Tom Peters Nov. Fired to Hired: Bouncing Back from Job Loss to Get to Work Right Now by Tory Johnson Dec. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason Posted via email from Eye Say • The Web Log

I finally stopped to ask myself, “What kind of clients do I want?" • The kind that have a realistic budget for the work they want • The kind that aren’t afraid of doing something different • The kind that are in love with what they’re doing • The kind that don’t take themselves too seriously • The kind that value my professional input • The kind that value what I do for them • The kind that ask good questions • The kind that pay fast So, what kind of person: • has a realistic budget for the work they want • isn’t afraid of doing something different • doesn’t take themselves too seriously • is in love with what they’re doing • values my professional input • values the work I do for them • asks good questions • pays fast Does this kind of client exist? Am I expecting too much? To get this kind of client, I must be the kind of designer who: • knows how to realistically price my services • like to try different things to get the best possible solution • doesn’t take myself too seri...

If you don’t know who Michael Buckingham is, shame on you. Read his blog: http://jesushatespapyrus.com/ Visit his site: http://www.holycowcreative.org/ and link up with him: http://www.linkedin.com/in/holycowcreative In this interview he tell us how he made the leap into independent designer bliss. Enjoy :) Before Going Independent: • What did you do for a job? Most immediately before starting Holy Cow Creative, I was a at a b2b agency but that’s not the interesting part. I didn’t start on the path to the creative world. I always thought I wanted to be a hotshot executive, you know the type: fancy title, big corner office, long lunches. My first real gig out of the gate was at a dot com company handling marketing and sales, way over my head flying all over the place meeting with incredible people, helping to build this company. It was a great experience and ended up as one of those hotshots (minus the cool office). From there I moved to a consumer tech company to head up their ...