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1. Julien Schleiffer

   Nice tip, I totally agree with!
   Keep on asking you questions, keep on try things another way. Don’t let the rules guide you, invent your own!
   It will keep you alive.
2. Ryan Bollenbach

   Great video! I feel like this a lot lately. It’s cool to see that it can have a positive effect over as a designer. On my current project: http://www.mographtv.com, I feel like I’m never satisfied. I just keep tweaking and creating.

   Thanks for the insight!
3. Youssef Sarhan

   Thoughtful tip.
4. Humble Pied

   Nick, a follow-up question for you, then. How do you know when to stop working on a project or a design, if you know it can always be better?
5. Nick Campbell

   Great question!

   Deadlines are what stop the design process. Usually the client needs it or it’s time to start a new project. Always set a deadline, even with personal projects. If you don’t they will never get finished.

   Here is more on deadlines.
   http://makecoolshit.com/how-to-finish-your-personal-projects-set-a-deadline/
6. Eric Boyer

   Great stuff Nick, thanks for the tip.

   In my experience with working at an ad agency, I’ve had designers on larger projects that were unable to commit to final designs. I agree with you that struggling with a design is healthy, but I feel that some designers let this take over the whole process. While this is a strength to some, its a huge weakness for others.

   Even weeks into the development process, they still want to make changes to their designs, and as im sure you’re aware, its no easy task once its built out in HTML/CSS.

   Working with deadlines is great, but even so, my tip to them would be to ‘close the book’ and move on to the next project. A lot of people have trouble doing that.
7. Humble Pied

   Eric,

   Thanks for chiming in, and great addition to Nick’s advice. I know for sure that I have trouble ‘closing the book.’ In fact, in developing Humble Pied, I set a personal goal to stick with one design and push it through until the end. Talk about a weekend project!

   Great stuff!
8. Ryan Bollenbach

   Yes, deadlines are essential! It feels great to refresh myself with this
9. jsteb

   love the GG… great advice – now maybe I can get some sleep tonight, well, at least trying to sleep ok.
10. Marta Spendowska

    Nick, I am off to your websites
    So interesting — happy to meet you!

    m/s
11. Dave Averdick

    Great advice. It’s so simple, I can’t believe i didn’t think of it before.
    
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14. Joy Burke

    Mig just sent this to me in a moment of feeling like nothing I design is good or working and I have a crazy deadline… kinda freakin’ out. This made me feel so much better, and it’s so true. Thanks Nick!!