100 Habits of Successful Freelance Designers- Go for what you know!

The brand spankin' new:

100 HABITS SERIES

100 Habits of Successful Freelance Designers

Insider Secrets for Working Smart & Staying Creative

Steve Gordon Jr. with Laurel Saville

Good habits are found in every part of the design process,
from promoting yourself well in order to land the client, to
working with that client, to achieving the desired results
on press. 100 Habits of Successful Freelance Designers
reveals solutions from a wide range of freelance designers
whose years of experience have helped them find not only
the most creative solutions for their clients’ design needs,
but also the most successful solutions. This book also
focuses on the daily habits that inspire these designers to
stay creative, and business strategies to be successful when
working on your own.

Steve Gordon Jr. (Omaha, NE) has been a professional
graphic designer for the better part of a decade.
He’s run the full range of the career path with experience
from in-house design at internationally recognized
Fortune 1000 companies, agency and studio
work, to now working as an independent designer
and creative consultant. He frequently lectures on
how small studios/freelance designers can stay competitive
in the design field at conferences such as the
HOW Conference.

The page I want to share with you today is titled:

Go for what you know

Click on the image to read all about determining what your strengths are as a designer and choosing jobs that are a good fit.

This was a really good tip:

"...take on paying jobs that only play to your strengths. You can work on your weaknesses during downtime, on personal projects, or even on something done pro bono."

This is just 1 of the 100 habits in this book, there are 99 more!

OK, I also must confess I did pick this page for it's great design by Keith Bowman, The Design Bureau of Amerika

I love anything with bunny ears!

Today's question:

How did you get your start in the craft/design work that you do?

My answer is that I would want something for myself and figure out how to do it, then others would see it and want it so I would make more.

The second part of that answer is that I keep seeing new things and quickly move on to learning new things. I am always doing something new.

Have a great Memorial Day weekend.