Trust me, I know that I owe you folks some Since Last We Spoke posts, but the fact is, right now I am marathon working so that I can be on the road most of the week and then come home, switch suitcases and swap dirty laundry for clean and then get back on a plane to Japan for an unknown number of days. That means I haven’t been reading a whole lot of anything for personal gratification. But I did see this–and it is perfection. At least the 1st 90 seconds or so is–because it’s the part that is so relevant, no matter what you do for a living.
It just so happens that this speaker is a designer, but that hardly matters in terms of the message. Because when it comes to getting a handle on what you don’t know you don’t know–well, watch. She says it beautifully and concisely:
Even once she starts talking about her portfolio, there’s still some meaning there that really resonates for me. But I love the comparison to spinach in your teeth–I will certainly be using that when we talk about the importance of evaluating the work we do.
[H/t swissmiss]