Comments on: The BoDo Experience: Taking it Personally http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/ BoDo Business of Design online Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:47:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: » Tipping Our Hats With a Recap BoDo: Business of Design online » Blog Archive http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/#comment-538 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:41:06 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/#comment-538 [...] On the experience side of Taking it Personally, Stefan’s determined, Leslie’s been practicing, Neil’s backpacking, Alina’s evolving, Danita has no regrets, Jay bites, and Cat’s bossy and barks. [...] […] On the experience side of Taking it Personally, Stefan’s determined, Leslie’s been practicing, Neil’s backpacking, Alina’s evolving, Danita has no regrets, Jay bites, and Cat’s bossy and barks. […]

]]> by: cat http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/#comment-153 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:55:03 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/#comment-153 Hi Brooke, Do you mean you are like me? If so, it's nice to know. Stay tuned. We are going to bring in as many opinions and personalities as we can on BoDo. Either running their own businesses, or choosing to stay in-house. Hi Brooke,

Do you mean you are like me? If so, it’s nice to know.

Stay tuned. We are going to bring in as many opinions and personalities as we can on BoDo. Either running their own businesses, or choosing to stay in-house.

]]> by: cat http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/#comment-152 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:49:03 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/#comment-152 Welcome Vanessa, What you say is so true. One of my problems came when there were juniors under me who got to do the real design (the fun part), and I had to interface with clients and deal with vendors. It was not what I got into the business for. Some people are well suited for running a company with staff, some are not. Welcome Vanessa,

What you say is so true.

One of my problems came when there were juniors under me who got to do the real design (the fun part), and I had to interface with clients and deal with vendors.

It was not what I got into the business for.

Some people are well suited for running a company with staff, some are not.

]]> by: Brooke http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/#comment-151 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/#comment-151 I have to say that it's nice to know that there are other people like me. Thanks Cat! I have to say that it’s nice to know that there are other people like me. Thanks Cat!

]]> by: Vanessa Rumaz http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/#comment-150 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:24:50 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/niblets-personal-experience/#comment-150 I started my own business few years ago—what I have learned is you have to be really good at wearing many hats, and this goes above and beyond being the president and the secretary, it's about being the sales person and the creative director. I always thought being a designer, it is more than a 9-5 job—because of its artistic component it is who I am—it is a 24/7 job, and by being a designer very often we also carry all those complicated and faceted emotional aspects that mostly shows up when a job is rejected, or the client does not share our same perspective. On the other hand the sales person needs to go out and sale—and be friendly, and take the bullets with a smile when the client is being difficult. The sales person is the one that must explain the reasoning behind certain choices, while the designer screams inside the head. It truly is a split personality—just because the 2 jobs are so dramatically different. The secret is to learn not to take it personally, which for a designer is hard, because design is a personal matter. I started my own business few years ago—what I have learned is you have to be really good at wearing many hats, and this goes above and beyond being the president and the secretary, it’s about being the sales person and the creative director. I always thought being a designer, it is more than a 9-5 job—because of its artistic component it is who I am—it is a 24/7 job, and by being a designer very often we also carry all those complicated and faceted emotional aspects that mostly shows up when a job is rejected, or the client does not share our same perspective.

On the other hand the sales person needs to go out and sale—and be friendly, and take the bullets with a smile when the client is being difficult. The sales person is the one that must explain the reasoning behind certain choices, while the designer screams inside the head. It truly is a split personality—just because the 2 jobs are so dramatically different. The secret is to learn not to take it personally, which for a designer is hard, because design is a personal matter.

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