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- A piece of advice that I would give to myself
back when I was just starting
is to start sooner.
So many things I waited, I waited to do
like video or podcasting or writing or even trying
to pursue a dream, start sooner than you think
because you're only going to get better
as you keep doing things.
My name is Cory Miller, I am the Director of Member Success
for Sean West and I also do vlogging from my life
in Ireland with my family at youtube.com/coreydhmiller.
- Be willing to take risks
and not worry about what people think.
Not everyone's opinion is valid or important.
That's an advice that I would give to my younger self.
My name is Keshna Dania, I'm a package designer by day
but I'm interested in human-centered design.
- You have a lot of ideas, some of them are really good
and some of them are really bad and really the only way
that you're gonna figure out which is which
is by going out there and trying them.
I'm Jordan Newhouse and I write poetry
and teach others to write poetry so that they can spread
beauty in the world, even in the ugly places.
- I would tell my younger self to be better
at prioritization and have more structured, focused time
rather than just trying to cram everything
and all the things that I want to do
into one small little bubble of time.
I'm Fimca and I run the podcast Design Life with Charli.
- Stop playing video games, I played too many hours.
I'm Ben Lam, I want to be a professional photographer.
- I would say to myself, my former self,
you only have one life to live and you're the only person
who gets to live your life and so do what you love to do
and don't be ashamed of it.
I am Abby O'Leary
and I am a wedding and lifestyle photographer.
- I would say charge more, something that you feel like
is a lot of money really isn't,
it's not gonna make much of a difference.
It's just gonna open more doors.
Don't be scared, I think,
to ask for what you think you're worth.
My name's Joe Allen and I run a software business
in the UK.
- I've lost my way a little bit,
I used to know what I was about
and over the years, people have pulled me in different
directions and have seen what I've done
and wanted me to do something slightly different.
So it's really about, yeah, being true to who you are
and doing what you love and that's the most important thing.
I'm Michelle Holfer and I'm an artist
that makes textile pieces in South Dakota.
- I wish I could tell myself that you're gonna fail
and so that was something I would know
because I went into it wanting to do everything perfectly
but that's just not the reality, we're going to fail
and that's how we get better at anything we do.
My name is Cory McCabe and I'm a filmmaker.
- I would definitely tell myself not to worry
about getting everything perfect, I stress a lot about
what other people are gonna think of me
or doing as good of a job as the people I look up to
and I feel like if I can't reach that level,
I can't do anything, and it's so wrong,
I would tell myself to just get started with what I have
and to create and not think.
My name is Aaron Dowd and I help people make great podcasts.
- Just don't wait until it's perfect or wait until
you think you're good enough to do this
or anything like that 'cause that's never gonna happen,
it's better just to start and then everything from there
is up. I'm Dan,
I'm a graphic designer and an indie publisher
and it's all good.
- Definitely go more confidence, trust yourself more
because the value you can create for the people
you're trying to serve is much more higher
than you see for yourself.
I'm Alex Kellerman, I have a small social media agency
back in Bucharest, Romania, and you can find me
at kellerman.com.
- Don't be so hard on yourself
when you're just starting out,
you're not born knowing everything.
I'm Matt Lucas, I screenprint tee shirts.
- Myself more and pushing myself more
outside of my comfort zone to create relationships.
I'm Dami Ashgrove and I'm a freelance Apple genius.
- To never forget to love myself.
And to go inside and to figure out what it is
it takes to love myself, and never forget that.
I am Carla Brooks and I try to assist people
to learn to love themselves because only when you fill
that bucket up, then it can overflow
and you can really truly love others.
- When I was starting, I used to like compare myself
to people that I liked because we creatives,
we have a lot of influence.
I have a friend that told me once that the best way
to improve yourself is not to compare yourself
to your influence, but to compare yourself
to who you were yesterday.
Keep your, the people that you admire as inspiration
and as influence but don't compare yourself
directly to them, compare yourself to you
and improve you and your work.
My name is Rafael, I have a design studio in Brazil,
I make animations and I'm the administrator and designer.
- I think my biggest problem all these years
was that I thought something was just gonna fall into my lap
and I always knew I'd be successful but didn't know how
and so the biggest problem was expecting change
when I wasn't inciting that change.
So I'm really looking forward to setting more goals
and making the future come faster deliberately.
I'm Jay Grannis from Boston, Massachusetts,
and I am a hand-lettering artist.