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Feedback, aka critique, aka someone saying you could have done better, can be a powerful tool to becoming a more awesome you faster.

After attending the largest conference in the world, Dreamforce, it hit me that sometimes we jump the gun and want to automate things we don't fully understand yet.

Today totally sucks and that's awesome. 

Let me explain...

My wife, Rachel Saylor, is a writer. Several months ago, she wouldn’t have told you that. She was on a totally different path. I’m really excited to have her tell her story about making a complete change of focus in her life. She shares insightful things about dealing with the difficulty of dropping a dream you’ve pursued for years as well as the power of focus.

I’d like to introduce you to some of my influential friends. OK. I'm not exactly "friends" with all of them, but I feel like I know them and they have had such a large positive influence in my life. I just have to share...

There are some really powerful advantages to niching down. You don't need an ah-ha moment to discover your niche. There's a much easier way...

I know what you’re thinking. I purposefully chose a visual design career because I don’t like writing!

Ok. 

You don’t have to write.

I just don’t want you to miss out on the massive advantages of writing...

Yes. And let me suggest the most value packed options...

Don't read this post. Just do the most important thing you need to right now that will get you closer to your dreams. Stop procrastinating. DO IT.

Practical advice on making better decisions fast so you can free up time and mental clutter to focus on motion design...

Margin is not the next Red Giant plugin... but it will help you create your best Motion Design work...

There are three main excuses people make for not learning motion design. A daily routine knocks the legs out from all three. Read how...

Illustrator is where most of us started digital drawing/designing.. but it can be a pain to import into After Effects if you don't know what you're doing. Read this guide to learn the few basics that will get you up to speed (and a couple advanced tips as well)...

Use this little hack to more effectively watch motion design videos for inspiration...

On April 25, 2015, my wife and I lost almost everything we owned in an apartment fire. We have learned some valuable lessons through this experience...

Networking = Building Relationships

Bringing your business card spitting machine to a conference ≠ Networking

Use your smart phone smarter. Here are 4 tips to help you in your blogging endeavors...

There's a difference between learning by observing and learning by doing. These are four things I learned by doing in 2014, and you could also do in 2015...