Brent Manke

2602 days ago

The truth of the matter is that understanding development comes from failure. People begin to get better when they fail, they move towards failure, they discover something as a result of failing, they fail again, they discover something else, they fail again, they discover something else. So the model for personal development is antithetical to the model for professional success.

Milton Glaser: “The model for personal development is antithetical to the model for professional success.”

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I have posted this before, but it popped into my head again today, as it’s one of the truest things I’ve ever heard about having a career doing creative work: When I talk to students about the distinction between professionalism and personal development, I very often put it this way: In profess