What do you think when you hear the word patience?
Presentation: Personality Related.
Siarhei: This one is about the personality. I saw a recent post on your LinkedIn about the patience. So I just decided maybe you have some deep thoughts about this word. So, yeah.
Patience helps enjoying work
Daniel: Yeah, I had to learn patience. I didn't have that as I'm young. So, when it comes to everything, e.g clients. I was very impulsive and impatient. And it hurt me. I'd not say hurt me in a physical way. But it hurt me in a way of. Basically, enjoying my work, working with clients. Because as a designer you come across many different types of clients. Some are nice, and it's lovely working with them. Some are less nice. Like, from my personal experience, like I've worked with more people that I didn't like as much, rather than people whom I did. Even if like the company is great and the project is great. And you have to interact with certain people across your day. So it really depends, you come across many different types of people. So I think patience is really important and you should not take anything too close to heart, because it really is not about you most of them time. And your designs are not you. And some people can just be rude for no reason.
Learn from beneficial criticism.
Relax when frustrated.
Customers have bad days too.
Daniel: Or they can have a reason, like, but still it's not you. They can have a bad day, can have a bad week. They can have something off with their work. So really I've learnt not to take much of anything to heart. I do take criticism if it's actually about my design, and if it's something that can be beneficial to it. Then it's something, that comes with time. Like at some point you get the skill of, when to separate constructive criticism from just overall criticism. And, yeah, I still get impatient from time to time. Because it can get hard, and if you're stressed with too much work. And let's say a client is asking for too many things, or things that were not discussed before. It's like, it makes sense to get angry. But I don't think it should affect you. As much, like, you should just let go, and get off doing something that's better for yourself.
design
blazingly fast
I really get into it and get involved.
than just a designer.
You can negotiate more time, or a partial solution.
It's hard to do 10 hours work in 30 minutes.
Siarhei: I listen to what you say. And in perspective the book that we've discussed, about negotiating. I tried actually to apply it at my work for the past few weeks. And what I found is that. Quite often when I get angry, impatient, usually it feels like. I get concerned about a certain thing, and I definitely see that I can not do it within this time span. And what that book has helped me to do, is that ok. What can I do? I can ask for more time, I can abandon the task. Or I can propose like, ok, look we have 30 minutes, for 30 minutes I can do only that. Will that be ok? Or we allocate more time resources. And, at least in my case, it helps to be a little bit more constructive. And focus on things I can influence. And get a little bit away from things that concern me, but I can do nothing about. Just because things happen that can not be expected in advance.
Daniel: Yeah, most of it like, all the time, you have to get used to working in a very unpredictable world. Because that's where we are at the moment I feel like. Just ask if you need more, if the answer is no. You did your best. You asked for more, if there's literally nothing else you can do. Then it is what it is. You just have to accept it and move on. Like life goes on, so.
So, here's your call to action – reflect on things you've learnt and send us your thoughts. We'd love to hear about your LinkedIn experiences and maybe even provide some more tips for your job hunt. Remember, you've got this, and LinkedIn is your trusty sidekick on this adventure. Happy job hunting! 🚀