Rhetorician by Trade

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via Berk Senturk’s on Behance

I mean “what” but “why” is more important.
It’s easy to figure out exactly what you’re working on. Look down or up or around.
But, do you know the why?
Knowing why makes one address the growing amount of meaningless work he completes in order to make himself “busy.” Much of it baseless.
Find the why in what you’re doing and you’ll start to have better whats to do. 

[Seventh of seven posters I’m hacking into a design series.]

Lies never prosper like the cheaters that spew them. 
I deceive and I hide and I stretch the truth just a little…
…because I’m scared.
If I have to reconcile the truth with others I have to stop hiding my faults from those that already know them.
Tell the truth. It sets us free.

[Sixth of seven posters I’m hacking into a design series.]

All the greats are great at it.
They risk with tremendous effort without the guarantee that they’ll succeed.
How they respond to failure moves them to more risk or retreat into mediocrity.
The outcome doesn’t determine whether or not they’ll risk again. Their attitude determines what happens next.
Failure will not discourage, cripple or kill you. Attitude will.

[Fifth of seven posters I’m hacking into a design series.]

It’s the thing that sets worth apart from wishing. 
A man of great intention can convince with aspirations, dreams, visions, etc. It’s appealing, but be careful. He’ll intoxicate the heart and suffocate your energy.
Look for the other man working his ideas out. He’ll have the substance to invite you into a grand adventure.
No river stops to share with its banks where it will go and what it will do. It just does it.

[Fourth of seven posters I’m hacking into a design series.]

@ScottBelsky, the impetus of this poster.

The wisest man to ever live told us those who demonstrate skill will not possess it for obscurity.
Instead, they will perform in great fanfare, under pressure and with great consequence.
Preforming before royalty is frightening.
Sequestered to obscurity is a tragedy.
Beware growing skilled for attention is not easy, yet still learn.

[Third of seven posters I’m hacking into a design series.]

The great workers extend their energy beyond personal gain. 
Imagine working alongside a person that views their job as making your life better. Yes, the paycheck and accountability come from another source, but all of us own the responsibility to benefit the lives we encounter.
Our work needs the purpose of benefitting others, and doing it generously.

[Second of seven posters I’m hacking into a design series.]