From the course: Breaking Out of a Rut

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Tap the crowd

Tap the crowd

From the course: Breaking Out of a Rut

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Tap the crowd

- Tap the crowd. Although attending industry conferences or inspiring talks may seem like a no-brainer rut-busting activity, there are periphery benefits to absorbing expert knowledge and advice that I want to mention. Let's start with conferences. Conferences are usually one-stop shops that consist of multiple topics within a certain discipline. But ask any conference veteran to tell you what the most valuable part of the conference is, and they'll tell you it's not what happens in the meeting room, but rather what happens in the hallway that matter. Conferences are a unique opportunity for like-minded people from all over the country to come together to seek personal and professional improvement. This network can become an invaluable resource. They can help you get and stay on track creatively, provide consequence-free critique of a project, become ideation partners, and act as sounding walls for ideas. Local talks…

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