Search query: talent is not enough: business secrets for designers

Product: All You Need To Grow Skill (All You Need Series Book 2)
Description: One of the greatest undoings of many talented people today is the craze for certificates! This necessary “evil” has made a lot of talented people, and potential billionaires live very complacent average lives. I found these statistics in a book I recently picked up:

“More than 50 percent of all CEOs of Fortune 500 companies had C or C- averages in college.”

“More than 50 percent of millionaire entrepreneurs never finished college.”

I have discovered over the years that some of the most successful people in business are the uneducated ones. They understand that they do not have the luxury of a decent certificate to fall back on, so they fight their way through to success like wounded lions.

While growing up, my mother said to me several times, “Study hard so that in future you can get a good job that will give you a decent salary and guarantee a comfortable life.” I graduated with good grades and got good jobs that took care of my basic needs, nothing more. I found out that a job could not give me the quality of life I had always envisaged, so I resigned to face my passion; my life has been highly fulfilling ever since.

I have discovered that the “good grade – good job – good life” advice is a great fallacy. The most you can get out of paid employment is the provision of life’s basic needs, better known as financial security. For these crumbs of bread, many have remained complacent, choosing to do nothing meaningful with their lives. All these have caused a huge burden for me over the years; hence, I decided to put pen to paper and tackle this cankerworm once and for all.

The All You Need bumper pack is that systematic guide you need to build the confidence to face your fears, find your passion/talent, grow your talent into a skill and build a successful business around your expertise.

It’s a simplified step-by-step approach, broken down into daily inspirational nuggets called capsules – to guide you as you brace up to face and conquer your fears and live the kind of life you have always dreamed. Are you a person willing to make something meaningful of your life? Perhaps, you are that person who is fed up with your job and the rat race of paid employment; and greatly desires to be your (own) boss, then I congratulate you in advance. By picking up and reading this great book that was tailored for you, you are already on your way from passion to passive income!

Come on! Let’s ride to your greatness.
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Product: All You Need To Be A Business (All You Need Series Book 3)
Description: One of the greatest undoings of many talented people today is the craze for certificates! This necessary “evil” has made a lot of talented people, and potential billionaires live very complacent average lives. I found these statistics in a book I recently picked up:

“More than 50 percent of all CEOs of Fortune 500 companies had C or C- averages in college.”

“More than 50 percent of millionaire entrepreneurs never finished college.”

I have discovered over the years that some of the most successful people in business are the uneducated ones. They understand that they do not have the luxury of a decent certificate to fall back on, so they fight their way through to success like wounded lions.

While growing up, my mother said to me several times, “Study hard so that in future you can get a good job that will give you a decent salary and guarantee a comfortable life.” I graduated with good grades and got good jobs that took care of my basic needs, nothing more. I found out that a job could not give me the quality of life I had always envisaged, so I resigned to face my passion; my life has been highly fulfilling ever since.

I have discovered that the “good grade – good job – good life” advice is a great fallacy. The most you can get out of paid employment is the provision of life’s basic needs, better known as financial security. For these crumbs of bread, many have remained complacent, choosing to do nothing meaningful with their lives. All these have caused a huge burden for me over the years; hence, I decided to put pen to paper and tackle this cankerworm once and for all.

The All You Need eBook series is that systematic guide you need to build the confidence to face your fears, find your passion/talent, grow your talent into a skill and build a successful business around your expertise.

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It’s a simplified step-by-step approach, broken down into daily inspirational nuggets called capsules – to guide you as you brace up to face and conquer your fears and live the kind of life you have always dreamed. Are you a person willing to make something meaningful of your life? Perhaps, you are that person who is fed up with your job and the rat race of paid employment; and greatly desires to be your (own) boss, then I congratulate you in advance. By picking up and reading this great book that was tailored for you, you are already on your way from passion to passive income!

Come on! Let’s ride to your greatness.
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Product: All You Need To Find Your Talent (All You Need Series Book 1)
Description: One of the greatest undoing of many talented people today, is the craze for certificates! This necessary “evil” has made a lot of talented people and potential billionaires live very complacent average lives. I found these statistics in a book I recently picked up:

“More than 50 percent of all CEOs of Fortune 500 companies had C or C- averages in college.” “More than 50 percent of millionaire entrepreneurs never finished college.”

I have discovered over the years that some of the most successful people in business are the uneducated ones. They understand that they do not have the luxury of a decent certificate to fall back on, so they fight their way through to success like wounded lions.

While growing up, my mother said to me several times, “Study hard so that in future you can get a good job that will give you a decent salary and guarantee a comfortable life.” I graduated with a good grade and got good jobs that took care of my basic needs, nothing more. I found out that a job could not give me the quality of life I had always envisaged so I resigned to face my passion; my life has been highly fulfilling ever since.

I have discovered that the “good grade - good job - good life” advice is a great fallacy. The most you can get out of paid employment is the provision of life’s basic needs, better known as financial security. For these crumbs of bread, many have remained complacent, choosing to do nothing meaningful with their lives. This has been a huge burden for me over the years hence, I decided to put pen to paper and tackle this cankerworm once and for all.

My All You Need Series are a systematic guide to build the confidence to face your fears, find your talent, grow your talent to skill and build a successful business around your talent-turned-skill.

My All You Need series make up a step-by-step approach broken down into daily inspirational nuggets called capsules to guide you as you brace up to face and conquer your fears and live the kind of life you have always dreamed of. If you are that person who’s willing to make something meaningful of your life, or that person who is fed up with your job and the rat race of paid employment, and greatly desire to be your own boss, then I congratulate you in advance because by picking up and reading this great series of eBooks that was tailored for you, you are already on your way from passion to passive income! Come on! Let’s ride to your greatness.
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Product: FROM PASSION TO PASSIVE INCOME: How to Discover, Polish and Make a Fortune out of your Talent
Description: FROM PASSION TO PASSIVE INCOME is beyond just a book for your library. It is a step by step personal
guide to help you discover your natural talent, polish that talent into a skill and grow
that skill into a viable business.

If you have ever been passionate about something but don’t know how to
profit from it or you have always wanted to become your own boss and probably
an employer of others, this book will give you wings to fly. In it you will
understand;
• The Deception of Paid Employment
• How to look within and discover your God given talent(s)
• The difference between talent and skill
• How to move from talent to skill
• How to transit from paid employment to self-employment
• And how to understand and master the business of your talent
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Product: Talent is Not Enough: Business Secrets for Designers (3rd Edition) (Graphic Design & Visual Communication Courses) by Perkins, Shel (2014) Paperback
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Product: By Shel Perkins Talent is Not Enough: Business Secrets for Designers (3rd Edition) (Graphic Design & Visual Communic (3rd Third Edition) [Paperback]
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Product: Talent is Not Enough: Business Secrets for Designers (Voices That Matter)
Description: The best business guide for design professionals just got even better! This revised and expanded third edition includes everything designers need–besides talent–to turn their artistic success into business success. You’ll find information on key issues facing designers from freelancing to managing established design firms. A strong visual focus and to-the-point text take the fear factor out of learning about thorny business realities like staffing, marketing, bookkeeping, intellectual property, and more. These smart business practices are essential to success in graphic, Web, and industrial design. Here are just a few of the things you’ll learn:

• How to get on the right career path

• The best way to determine pricing

• How to avoid common legal pitfalls

• How to manage large projects

• The secrets of efficient design teams

• How to forecast your workload and finances

• Dealing with international clients

• The merging models of ad agencies and design firms

Talent Is Not Enough provides a big-picture context for these and other challenges and shares practical, real-world advice. Since its first publication, the book has become an essential resource for both students and working professionals in these areas and more:

• Design planning and strategy

• Corporate identity development

• Publication and editorial design

• Brand identity and packaging design

• Advertising and promotion design

• Marketing communications

• Environmental design

• Industrial design

• Motion graphics

• Interaction design

• Information design

“It is rare to find one individual with such a wide range of knowledge in the design-related fields. And, because of his experience as a designer, Shel brings a sensitivity and understanding to administrative issues while still respecting the artistic side of our industry.”

–Frank Maddocks, President, Maddocks & Company

“Now that design skills have become a commodity, you need business skills to focus them. Shel has written a crackerjack book that will be on the shelf of every ambitious designer.”

–Marty Neumeier, author of The Designful Company, Zag and The Brand Gap
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Product: Talent Is Not Enough: Business Secrets For Designers (Voices That Matter)
Description: The best business guide for design professionals just got better! This revised and expanded second edition includes everything designers need—besides talent—to turn their artistic success into business success. You’ll find information on key issues facing designers from freelancing to managing established design firms. A strong visual focus and to-the-point text take the fear factor out of learning about thorny business realities like staffing, marketing, bookkeeping, intellectual property, and more. These smart business practices are essential to success in graphic, Web, and industrial design. Here are just a few of the things you’ll learn:

• How to get on the right career path

• The best way to determine pricing

• How to avoid common legal pitfalls

• How to manage large projects

• The secrets of efficient design teams

• How to forecast your workload and finances

Talent Is Not Enough provides a big-picture context for these and other challenges and shares practical, real-world advice. Since its first publication, the book has become an essential resource for both students and working professionals in these areas and more:

• Design planning and strategy

• Corporate identity development

• Publication and editorial design

• Brand identity and packaging design

• Advertising and promotion design

• Marketing communications

• Environmental design

• Industrial design

• Motion graphics

• Interaction design

• Information design

“It is rare to find one individual with such a wide range of knowledge in the design-related fields. And, because of his experience as a designer, Shel brings a sensitivity and understanding to administrative issues while still respecting the artistic side of our industry.”

Frank Maddocks, President, Maddocks & Company

“Now that design skills have become a commodity, you need business skills to focus them. Shel has written a crackerjack book that will be on the shelf of every ambitious designer.”

Marty Neumeier, author of Zag and The Brand Gap
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Product: Talent Is Not Enough: Business Secrets For Designers
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