I became more ‘selfless’
I started working for free, for self validation.
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What is creative confidence?
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“At its core, creative confidence is
about believing in your ability to create
change in the world around you.”
― Tom Kelley, Creative Confidence: Unleashing
the Creative Potential Within Us All
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Why is creative confidence important?
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Give’s you the empowerment you
need to challenge something
creatively.
Helps with Imposter Syndrome.
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Imposter Syndrome
Rating your skills and ability
lower than they actually are.
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Undercharging Taking less risks
Stunted Growth Negative Attitude
Fail to realise your self
worth and skill.
Constantly playing it safe
and only following trends.
Stop progressing creatively
and in your career.
Quick to put others down to
make yourself feel better.
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
Rating your skills higher than what they are.
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Arrogance Over Confidence
Biting off more
than you can chew
Following the trend
Everyone loves an
arrogant creative.
Fail to see potential problems
because you think you’re shit hot.
You know, that dribbble whore.
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Life Lesson No.2
Take a step back and just
review everything.
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Right now, this is a
harmless hoodie.
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Now we have a slight problem…
But we can still fix this!
Someone can still flag the problem
before it goes out!
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- Parents of the model
- Stylist(s)
- Makeup artist(s)
- Photographer
- Photographers assistant(s)
- Retouch Artist
- Creative Director(s)
- Marketing Manager(s)
- Marketing Assistant(s)
- Web Designer(s)
- Content Manager(s)
- Content Executive(s)
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Ok. Now we have a big problem…
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Someone could’ve stopped this.
Someone with Creative Confidence.
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My tips for Creative Confidence and for
dealing with Imposter Syndrome
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Read Seek Feedback
Always critique your
own work
DON’T be a snowflake
Kaizen baby! It’ll hurt in the short term,
help in the long term.
Overly sensitive and easily
triggered by everything.
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creative badasses,
like yourselves!
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make it pop is a card game
for creatives looking to have
fun while improving their
creative confidence and
design approach.
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