From the course: Making the Most of a Difficult Design Job

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Preparing to increase your success

Preparing to increase your success

From the course: Making the Most of a Difficult Design Job

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Preparing to increase your success

- Challenges in this industry are inevitable. Think about the fact that we have unrelenting deadlines, matters of opinion, economic and corporate pressures to perform and constant change. It all makes for our constant series of bumps in the road but if we go into each project knowing that reality, we're already much more prepared to shift and go with the flow with plan B than if we deny that any of those things exist. This stance of preparation and commitment to the process is going to serve you well as long as you're in this business. Add to that a desire to learn and evolve like you're doing right now and you'll be healthier both personally and corporately. When you outline your project plans, the common element in each stage should be communicate constantly, repeat expectations, timelines and next steps, deal with tough issues as soon as you can, have consistent check-ins on status, do not get lulled into complacency,…

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