Debbie Millman on Why Design Matters
The One You Feed
Eric Zimmer
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast, Design Matters. Debbie was named one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company Magazine and one of the most influential designers working today by Graphic Design USA. She is the author of 7 books, including her most recent, Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People
In this episode, Eric and Debbie Millman have an interesting discussion about why design matters in every aspect of your life..
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Debbie Millman and I Discuss Why Design Matters and …
- Her book, Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People
- Her slow process of shedding shame from her traumatic past
- Finding her way back to creative work after pursuing security
- Taking small steps and practicing every day can bring forth hope
- Design is about intention and decision making about everything
- Learning to deal with rejection and to perseverance
- How confidence comes after you do something many times
- Expecting things to be hard and messy
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| 0:00.0 | A lot of people wait to do things until they feel ready to do them. |
| 0:04.6 | And that's something that I would urge people to try to break away from, because it's |
| 0:09.8 | very rare that we ever feel ready. |
| 0:20.3 | Welcome to The One You Feed. |
| 0:22.4 | Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes |
| 0:27.0 | like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. |
| 0:32.5 | And yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. |
| 0:36.7 | We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. |
| 0:41.4 | We see what we don't have, instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and |
| 0:46.0 | dampen our spirit. |
| 0:47.8 | But it's not just about thinking. |
| 0:49.8 | Our actions matter. |
| 0:51.2 | It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. |
| 0:56.1 | This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how |
| 1:00.6 | they feed their good wolf. |
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