A rejected design, an angry client’s insensitive comments about your work or being boggled down in meeting deadlines – are all events in a day’s work that bring down even the most upbeat of designers. For times like these when you’re down in the dumps and nothing appears to be going well, a little soul-searching and the right attitude will be able to help lift you from the gloomiest of moods.
I’ve got a lot going on in my life right now. I’m on deadline for our biggest magazine issue of the year, grades are due for the college class I teach, I’m in two weddings this summer, my husband is interviewing for a new job, we may have to move for husband’s new job, and we’re expecting our first child at the end of July. Oh, and my house is a mess, my lawn needs to be mowed, and I don’t have a free weekend off until the baby arrives.
Does your life sound anything like mine? I bet, for many of you, it does...
Most small business owners see the glass as half full. On the roller coaster of starting and running a company, it is really the only way to survive and thrive. Jon Gordon, author of The Energy Bus, believes that positive energy can actually be the difference between long-term success and failure in any business. In my full interview with Jon, he discusses how thinking positively can lead to success. Here are some takeaways from my talk with Jon.
Negative space is a creative technique of an interestingly artistic shape around the subject of an image. The effect is best produced in a black and white image, where the subject is kept in black and the remaining white space forms another illusionary object.
