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Personal Growth

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The First Five Years: How to Stop Feeling Like a Failure

In the age of social media, it's easy to enter the destructive cycle of comparing yourself to others. Here's how to break free.

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Looking for a Career Boost? What Creative Coaches Want You to Know

From helping you get unstuck to improving your self-worth, these coaches are masters at guiding creatives through ever-shifting career landscapes.

Grace Bonney: What I Learned in My 15 Years of Running Design*Sponge

One of the internet's most popular design blogs is coming to an end. In an interview with 99U, Design*Sponge Founder Grace Bonney reflects on the realities of getting creative projects off the ground and shares her hopes for the future of design media.

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Erik Kessels: It’s Not the End of the World

Iconic advertising executive Erik Kessels wants you to make more mistakes. Here’s why.

The pattern of bright circles represents 99U's best ideas on leadership. Image by Julie Campbell.

From Checking Your Ego to Making Meetings Less Scary for Introverts: 99U’s 10 Best Ideas for Leaders

Being a leader doesn't mean you're on your own. We rounded up a few words of wisdom from creatives leading the pack to help you as you forge ahead.

99U Design Debate: Freelance vs. In-House illustrated by a painter standing over an alligator. Illustration by Dan Savage.

Design Debate: Should You Work In-House or Freelance?

Three designers face off on a question that every designer has an opinion on.

Trust your gut represented by interlacing circles. Image by Julie Campbell

From Getting in the Sales Trenches to Being You: 99U’s 10 Best Tips for Trusting Your Gut

We’ve collected the best advice from Louise Fili, Adam J. Kurtz, and other 99U thinkers on following your inner voice.

How Do You Know When It’s Done?

For artists and creatives, deciding that a piece of work is finished is an age-old dilemma.