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Not All Blogs Are Created Equal

How some blogs demonstrate user-centricity by challenging long-standing best practices

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tags: Blogging, writing, User Experience, User-centricity, Audience, Creativity, Personal Brand
categories: Design
Thursday 01.06.22
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

User Satisfaction Measurement 101

There’s a whole science to customer or user satisfaction measurement. But sometimes, you just want to get started quickly. This is how to do it ‘safely’.

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tags: UX, Customer Experience, User Experience, Measuring, Metrics, OKRs, Goals
categories: Design
Monday 10.04.21
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Your Content Is Not Original – Share It Anyway

Three reasons why sharing old messages again is worth it

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tags: creative confidence, writing, motivation, inspiration, Knowledge sharing
categories: Creativity
Thursday 03.11.21
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Should You Become a UX Designer and Do You Have What It Takes?

The Pros, Cons, and the Requirements of the Job

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tags: UX Design, Professional Development, Life
categories: Design
Tuesday 12.22.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

How To Stay Sane in a Remote-First World

It's not remote working itself that's breaking your spirit. But what is, and how do you fix it?

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tags: Remote working, Culture, Business, Changes, Happiness, Life, Management, Observation, Covid
categories: Humanity
Sunday 10.25.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

The Secret to a Flywheel of Content Creation

Create Content That Helps Others by Solving Your Own Problems

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tags: Advice, Career, Creativity, creative confidence, Knowledge sharing, Thought leadership
categories: Creativity
Thursday 07.23.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Design is Dead

Why the 'decade of design' may mean its disappearance as we know it.

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tags: Industry, Changes, Trends, Career, Design, UX, Business
categories: Design
Saturday 06.27.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Don’t Give Up on an Idea That Already Exists

Why it’s often better not to be first

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tags: Entrepreneurship, Startup, creative confidence, Creativity, Ideation
categories: Creativity
Tuesday 06.09.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

10 Tips To Set Your Pet Project Up for Success

Advice for starting a new side gig

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tags: Hacks, Advice, You asked, creative confidence, Process
categories: Creativity
Tuesday 06.02.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Staying Creative in Difficult Times

Four steps that help me keep going

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tags: creative confidence, productivity, self-improvement, Mind Hack, Covid
categories: Creativity
Tuesday 05.26.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Design Your Skill Set As if It Were Your Job

No, as a designer, you don’t need to learn coding, business, and the rest of it.

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tags: Learning, skills, Professional Development, Personal Brand
categories: Design
Friday 05.22.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

How Being Apart Brings Us Closer Together

The story of an unlikely mediator

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tags: Mind Hack, Covid, Observation
categories: Humanity
Monday 05.18.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

How To Balance Confidence and Humility

#humblebrag

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tags: mind hack, Reflection, creative confidence, Creativity, life
categories: Humanity
Friday 05.15.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

You Don't Need Another Gadget

Buying more stuff won’t help you reach your goals. But why does it feel so good?

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tags: Process, Tools, Life, Reflection, Mind Hack
categories: Creativity, Humanity
Monday 05.11.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Stop Wishing Time Away – And Deal With It

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To live happier and more successful lives requires acceptance and flexibility. At work, and at home.

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tags: Covid, life, mind hack, Happiness, productivity, self-improvement
categories: Humanity
Monday 05.11.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Could the Least Sexy Part of Business Hold the Greatest Potential?

To be ready for the future, work on legacy systems

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tags: Management, investment, IT, Business, Consultancy
categories: Design
Wednesday 05.06.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Do You Know What You’re Saying?

Have more fruitful discussions by questioning your knowledge

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tags: Information, fake news, assumptions, Research, Product development
categories: Humanity
Monday 05.04.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Template for a Toast

Impress colleagues and relations with this simple format for speeches on other people

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tags: speaking, presentation, celebration, speeches, story
categories: Humanity, Ingenuity
Friday 05.01.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

The Glass Really is Half Full

If you've been feeling somewhat depressed and struggled to see the good surrounding you, a birthday in lockdown might do it

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tags: Personal, birthday, Happiness, Attitude, mind hack, gratefulness, family
categories: Humanity
Wednesday 04.29.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 

Finding Your Creative Style

Taking inspiration from your own past work

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tags: creative confidence, Creativity, Art, style, self-improvement, mind hack
categories: Creativity
Tuesday 04.28.20
Posted by Thomas Essl
 
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