Like many designers, I spent the beginning of my career using the humble approach, hoping that at some point someone would notice that I was good at what I did; hoping the work would get noticed, hoping that I’d made the work so obviously clear that I wouldn’t have to advocate for it. It never happened. Finally, my frustration at seeing good work thrown in the garbage can overcame my fear of speaking up. Because that’s what it was, fear. Humility is just lipstick on a pig called fear.
