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Behance Team

Checkpoints: Perspiration

Having the idea is only the smallest part of making an idea happen. We look at the other 99% -- lots and lots of perspiration.

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Checkpoints: Discipline

Discipline is a set of imposed expectations and boundaries that help you keep your energy and time focused on what is most important.

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Silence the Creative Visionary!

Visionary leaders run the risk of overriding the ideas of the brilliant people around them. Sometimes, restraint is needed when engaging a team.

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Checkpoints: Accountability

You're more likely to follow through with an idea when you know someone else is watching, waiting, or participating.

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Breaking Schoolhouse Habits

Our years of formal schooling have created habits that actually set us back when it comes to productivity and pushing ideas forward.

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Supervising Productivity

Instilling accountability is crucial for moving ideas forward, but Big Brother-ish supervision can quash creativity. We look at finding the balance.

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Jane D’Arensbourg: On Lessons & Glass

Glass jewelrymaker Jane D'Arensbourg discusses the struggle to find the proper work-life balance and what you learn from doing things the "wrong" way.

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2×4: Collective Progress

As design studio 2x4 Inc. puts it, collaboration is a constant negotiation. We discuss the challenges of group dynamics and ever-bigger projects.

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Urgent vs. Important

How do we move forward in the short-term while still honoring long-term vision? Learning to be mindful of urgent vs important items is the first step.

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Steve J. Sherman: Capturing True Essence

Veteran photographer Steve J. Sherman, who's shot music celebs from Leonard Bernstein to Bruce Springsteen, says avoid conventional wisdom at all costs.

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David Gensler: Empowering Creative Talent

David Gensler, President of the KDU (Keystone Design Union) explores emotion, drive, and the mystical process of a project "turning real."

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Jonathan Harris: We Feel Fine

Pioneering visual artist and cultural anthropologist Jonathan Harris harnesses technology to create mass collaboration and tell achingly human stories.

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