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Personal Growth

Kyle Webster speaking on the 99U Conference main stage

Kyle T. Webster: Make Time for Boredom

We’ve lost the art of boredom, and the levels of creativity that it can nurture.

Zach Lieberman speaking on the 99U Conference main stage

Zach Lieberman: What Could the Creative Career of the Future Look Like?

Zach Lieberman’s work seamlessly merges technology and creativity in fascinating new ways.

Ashley C. Ford speaking on the 99U Conference stage

Ashley C. Ford: Imagination Is a Creative Superpower

Nurturing the superpower of imagination within yourself opens up endless possibilities for your work, life, and impact on other people.

Michael Ventura speaking on the 99U main stage

Michael Ventura: Empathy Is Your Best Creative Tool

How might empathy make us better leaders, collaborators, and contributors to society?

Textile print of leaves

Balancing Act: How to Embrace Both Intuition and Structure in a Creative Freelance Career

Illustrator and artist Laura Chautin on honing creative impulses and embracing support of a community to build a career.

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Andrea Manzati illustration red background blue wallet with bills and change and a book peeking out the top

The First Five Years: How Do I Learn When I Don’t Have Cash to Spend?

Welcome to “The First Five Years” where Mitch Goldstein, a professor of design at Rochester Institute of Technology, answers reader questions related to the uncharted waters of beginning a career. This month, Mitch explains what to do to keep your brain in shape in the gap between the glory of a college library and the holy grail of a professional development budget.

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A drawing of a paper airplane made out of money

How to Launch a Creative Project on Little to No Budget

Start by asking yourself: ‘What do I want from this?’

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Illustration of an orange jack-in-the-box toy

Weighing the Risk: Be Open to the Outcome, Not Attached to It

Difficult and uncomfortable as it is, the proper way to begin any project is by abandoning linear expectations for a final solution.

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