Success Secrets from Michael Bierut:

Clients are most afraid that you’re going to go off and design something without really listening first.
Just keep asking questions: the more you ask, the more you’ll understand what the client is looking for in a designer.
Life’s too short to spend your time talking on the phone with people who [...]

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Success Secrets from Hillman Curtis:

There’s a lot to gain by approaching this field as craft that can be developed.
Do things you love to do. The Artist Series started out as a purely personal project and became a serious part of our business.
When you have the attitude of looking at the client as a collaborator [...]

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