E-Book - 10 Kunci Sukses Menjadi Pria Idaman di Mata dan Hati Wanita
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Terlahir sebagai seorang Pria adalah masalah takdir, menjadi seorang PRIA IDAMAN adalah masalah PILIHAN.
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Aktifkan Sisi Kreatif Anda
Hampir separuh orang Inggris bekerja antara 9 hingga 11 jam dalam sehari. Dan berdasarkan laporan Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) yang bejudul Decent Work Indonesia, terungkap bahwa jumlah jam kerja pekerja Indonesia rata -rata 8 jam sehari dan 5 hari dalam seminggu. Bahkan menurut data BPS, jumlah pekerja Indonesia yang bekerja lebih dari 48 jam per minggu semakin meningkat setiap tahunnya. Dengan jam kerja yang padat seperti ini, menemukan hal yang bisa menyulut kreativitas tentu saja merupakan hal yang sulit. Gunakan tips untuk melatih pikiran ini untuk menyalakan "bohlam" di kepala Anda.
Jadilah orang yang penuh ide sekalipun berada di bawah tekanan
"Dalam pekerjaan saya, situasi 'stuck' adalah suatu norma," ujar Profesor Ian Stewart, seorang ahli matematika di University of Warwick. "Jadi berhenti dan melakukan sesuatu yang lain. Seperti memotong rumput atau mandi. Alam bawah sadar Anda akan terus bekerja, dan jika mendapatkan sesuatu ia akan memberitahu Anda."
Alihkan perhatian Anda. Ketika deadline mepet, ciptakan 'jarak psikologis' yang sama seperti yang dilakukan Stewart dengan menghabiskan waktu 30 menit melakukan sesuatu yang benar - benar keluar dari topik. Baiklah, mungkin hal ini membuat lebih banyak hal atau masalah yang akan Anda hadapi, namun secara ajaib hal ini juga dapat secara ajaib memancing timbulnya inspirasi baru untuk menyelesaikan masalah sebelumnya.
Waktu menggunakannya >> Sepanjang sore, plus gabungannya beberapa hal yang membuat kepala Anda tidak berhenti berimajinasi.
"Timbulnya ide yang berlawanan, secara bersama - sama akan mengarah kepada jalan tengah yang menarik, yang barangkali tidak pernah Anda pikirkan sebelumnya."
Perjalanan waktu untuk angle yang segar
"Saya mendengarkan radio selama enam sampai delapan sehari," kata Heather Nevay, seorang seniman yang memiliki spesialisasi pada lukisan figuratif. "Kadang-kadang, kata atau kalimat yang keluar dari situ berdesing di dalam kepalaku." Bagi Nevay, radio membangkitkan kenangan dan memiliki nilai sejarah - eksploitasi mental perjalanan waktu untuk mengatasi masalah dari sudut pandang yang baru.
Perjalanan ke masa depan. Ketika membayangkan proyekjangka panjang coba latihan
berikut: imajinasikan diri Anda sebagai seorang remaja, atau 10 tahun ke depan dari sekarang, untuk melihat seberapa bedanya 'Anda' ketika masalah. Bagaimana perubahan dalam kepribadian Anda mempengaruhi cara Anda berpikir? Studi pada Journal of Personality and Social Personality menemukan bahwa latihan secara artifisial ini memperluas perspektif Anda pada masalah.
Waktu menggunakannya >> Mengembangkan lini produk baru, menemukan pendekatan baru dalam sistem uji coba, atau membuat perencanaan tahunan.
Mengumpulkan setiap inspirasi yang Anda temukan
"Saya 'mengumpulkan' informasi, dan saya mulai mencari inspirasi dalam segala hal mulai dari blog sampai mengelilingi seluruh kota. Dengan timbunan ide - ide, saya merasa lebih untuk berpikir lateral." tutur desainer pakaian pria Alexia Hentsch
Jadilah orang yang penuh ide sekalipun berada di bawah tekanan
"Dalam pekerjaan saya, situasi 'stuck' adalah suatu norma," ujar Profesor Ian Stewart, seorang ahli matematika di University of Warwick. "Jadi berhenti dan melakukan sesuatu yang lain. Seperti memotong rumput atau mandi. Alam bawah sadar Anda akan terus bekerja, dan jika mendapatkan sesuatu ia akan memberitahu Anda."
Alihkan perhatian Anda. Ketika deadline mepet, ciptakan 'jarak psikologis' yang sama seperti yang dilakukan Stewart dengan menghabiskan waktu 30 menit melakukan sesuatu yang benar - benar keluar dari topik. Baiklah, mungkin hal ini membuat lebih banyak hal atau masalah yang akan Anda hadapi, namun secara ajaib hal ini juga dapat secara ajaib memancing timbulnya inspirasi baru untuk menyelesaikan masalah sebelumnya.
Waktu menggunakannya >> Sepanjang sore, plus gabungannya beberapa hal yang membuat kepala Anda tidak berhenti berimajinasi.
"Timbulnya ide yang berlawanan, secara bersama - sama akan mengarah kepada jalan tengah yang menarik, yang barangkali tidak pernah Anda pikirkan sebelumnya."
Perjalanan waktu untuk angle yang segar
"Saya mendengarkan radio selama enam sampai delapan sehari," kata Heather Nevay, seorang seniman yang memiliki spesialisasi pada lukisan figuratif. "Kadang-kadang, kata atau kalimat yang keluar dari situ berdesing di dalam kepalaku." Bagi Nevay, radio membangkitkan kenangan dan memiliki nilai sejarah - eksploitasi mental perjalanan waktu untuk mengatasi masalah dari sudut pandang yang baru.
Perjalanan ke masa depan. Ketika membayangkan proyekjangka panjang coba latihan
berikut: imajinasikan diri Anda sebagai seorang remaja, atau 10 tahun ke depan dari sekarang, untuk melihat seberapa bedanya 'Anda' ketika masalah. Bagaimana perubahan dalam kepribadian Anda mempengaruhi cara Anda berpikir? Studi pada Journal of Personality and Social Personality menemukan bahwa latihan secara artifisial ini memperluas perspektif Anda pada masalah.
Waktu menggunakannya >> Mengembangkan lini produk baru, menemukan pendekatan baru dalam sistem uji coba, atau membuat perencanaan tahunan.
Mengumpulkan setiap inspirasi yang Anda temukan
"Saya 'mengumpulkan' informasi, dan saya mulai mencari inspirasi dalam segala hal mulai dari blog sampai mengelilingi seluruh kota. Dengan timbunan ide - ide, saya merasa lebih untuk berpikir lateral." tutur desainer pakaian pria Alexia Hentsch
Become a Creative Person
10 Things Every Creative Person (That’s YOU) Must Learn
Here is a list of 10 things I’ve learned the hard way that every photographer, designer, creative–hell, every creative person–should know.
1. Experts aren’t the answer.
The blogs, the teachers, the mentors, the seminars aren’t the answer. They’re not there to tell you exactly what you need to know. If they’re good, then they are there to give you some ideas, some guidelines, or some rules to learn and subsequently break. This isn’t about the expert, it’s about you. In creative pursuits especially…what’s going on inside you is where the answers can be found. Hear what experts say, but don’t always listen to them.
2. Clients cannot tell you what they need.
Clients hire you because they have a problem. They need a great visual representation of something, a solution. They think they know the best way to photograph something, but they don’t really. That’s why they hire you. Take their suggestions to heart, because they definitely know their brand, product, their vision–perhaps even shoot a few versions of the images they THINK they want to see first–but then go nuts with own vision. Add value. Show them something they didn’t expect. Don’t be a monkey with a finger. Remember why you got hired…that YOU are the badass image maker. If you are good enough to get selected for the job, you should be good enough to drive the photographic vision.
3. Don’t aim for ‘better’, aim for ‘different’.
It’s funny how related “better” and “different” are. If you aim for ‘better’ that usually means you’re walking in the footsteps of someone else. There will often be someone better than you, someone making those footsteps you’re following… But if you target being different–thinking in new ways, creating new things–then you are blazing your own trail. And in blazing your own trail, making your own footprints, you are far more likely to find yourself being ‘better’ without even trying. Better becomes easy because it’s really just different. You can’t stand out from the crowd by just being better. You have to be different.
4. Big challenges create the best work.
If you get assignments that are pushing your vision, your skills, then awesome. Kudos to you, keep getting those assignments. If you’re not getting those assignments, then you need to be self-assigning that challenging work. Give yourself tough deadlines and tougher creative challenges. You do your best work where there is a challenge that is clearly present and 10 feet taller than you think you can handle.
5. Aesthetic sensibilities actually matter.
Go figure on this one… I’m constantly surprised as how much this is overlooked. Read this and believe it: You must develop a keen understanding of design, color, light, and composition. To just say “I know a picture when I like it” isn’t going to get you anywhere. You need to know –for your own sake as well as the sake of your clients who will ask you– WHY a photo is a great photo. WHY is this one better than that one. If you don’t have any visual vocabulary, opinion, or aesthetic sensibility you won’t be able to explain these things. You won’t get the job. Or if you do get the job, you won’t be able to explain why your photos are worth getting hired again by the same client for the next campaign, story, or video. Trust me on this. Develop a sense of visual taste.
6. Simple is good.
Almost every photo that is bad has too much information. Outside of technical basics, the number one reason that most photos fail is because there is no clear subject. Often this is the case with design, film, fashion, you name it. Remove clutter, remove distraction. Tell one story, and tell it well.
7. Make mistakes, learn quickly.
Simply put, you need to be able to learn from your mistakes. Avoiding failure is not the goal. The goal is recovering from mistakes quickly. That goes for ever element of your photography–creative, business, vision…you name it. If you’re not willing to make mistakes, you’ll be paralyzed with inaction. That is the devil. Get out there and do stuff. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t work, change it. Quickly.
8. “Value” is different from “price.”
Don’t compete on price alone. That is certain death in any creative field. Focus on delivering value and price yourself accordingly. If you deliver great value with your images — better than expected, and better than your competition– and you can illustrate that through any means, then you should be more expensive. And remember that value comes in many forms.
9. A-Gamers work with A-Gamers.
If you are good at what you do, then you work–or seek to work–with other people who kick ass too. If you suck, then you put yourself around sucky people to feel better about yourself. If you want to be the best, seek to be around awesome people–be it other artists, assistants, producers, clients, partners, whatever. Shoot high. Shoot for better than yourself.
10. Real artists create.
Do you just sit around and think of stuff you could create, photograph, build, ship, or design, but never output anything? Then you’re a poser. Take a new approach and make stuff. Maybe what comes out of your studio isn’t perfect, but there should always stuff leaving the door and hitting the web, the page, the billboard, the gallery, or the street. If you are for real, you’ll be pumping out work on the regular.
There you go. Now don’t just read this list, KNOW this list.
1. Experts aren’t the answer.
The blogs, the teachers, the mentors, the seminars aren’t the answer. They’re not there to tell you exactly what you need to know. If they’re good, then they are there to give you some ideas, some guidelines, or some rules to learn and subsequently break. This isn’t about the expert, it’s about you. In creative pursuits especially…what’s going on inside you is where the answers can be found. Hear what experts say, but don’t always listen to them.
2. Clients cannot tell you what they need.
Clients hire you because they have a problem. They need a great visual representation of something, a solution. They think they know the best way to photograph something, but they don’t really. That’s why they hire you. Take their suggestions to heart, because they definitely know their brand, product, their vision–perhaps even shoot a few versions of the images they THINK they want to see first–but then go nuts with own vision. Add value. Show them something they didn’t expect. Don’t be a monkey with a finger. Remember why you got hired…that YOU are the badass image maker. If you are good enough to get selected for the job, you should be good enough to drive the photographic vision.
3. Don’t aim for ‘better’, aim for ‘different’.
It’s funny how related “better” and “different” are. If you aim for ‘better’ that usually means you’re walking in the footsteps of someone else. There will often be someone better than you, someone making those footsteps you’re following… But if you target being different–thinking in new ways, creating new things–then you are blazing your own trail. And in blazing your own trail, making your own footprints, you are far more likely to find yourself being ‘better’ without even trying. Better becomes easy because it’s really just different. You can’t stand out from the crowd by just being better. You have to be different.
4. Big challenges create the best work.
If you get assignments that are pushing your vision, your skills, then awesome. Kudos to you, keep getting those assignments. If you’re not getting those assignments, then you need to be self-assigning that challenging work. Give yourself tough deadlines and tougher creative challenges. You do your best work where there is a challenge that is clearly present and 10 feet taller than you think you can handle.
5. Aesthetic sensibilities actually matter.
Go figure on this one… I’m constantly surprised as how much this is overlooked. Read this and believe it: You must develop a keen understanding of design, color, light, and composition. To just say “I know a picture when I like it” isn’t going to get you anywhere. You need to know –for your own sake as well as the sake of your clients who will ask you– WHY a photo is a great photo. WHY is this one better than that one. If you don’t have any visual vocabulary, opinion, or aesthetic sensibility you won’t be able to explain these things. You won’t get the job. Or if you do get the job, you won’t be able to explain why your photos are worth getting hired again by the same client for the next campaign, story, or video. Trust me on this. Develop a sense of visual taste.
6. Simple is good.
Almost every photo that is bad has too much information. Outside of technical basics, the number one reason that most photos fail is because there is no clear subject. Often this is the case with design, film, fashion, you name it. Remove clutter, remove distraction. Tell one story, and tell it well.
7. Make mistakes, learn quickly.
Simply put, you need to be able to learn from your mistakes. Avoiding failure is not the goal. The goal is recovering from mistakes quickly. That goes for ever element of your photography–creative, business, vision…you name it. If you’re not willing to make mistakes, you’ll be paralyzed with inaction. That is the devil. Get out there and do stuff. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t work, change it. Quickly.
8. “Value” is different from “price.”
Don’t compete on price alone. That is certain death in any creative field. Focus on delivering value and price yourself accordingly. If you deliver great value with your images — better than expected, and better than your competition– and you can illustrate that through any means, then you should be more expensive. And remember that value comes in many forms.
9. A-Gamers work with A-Gamers.
If you are good at what you do, then you work–or seek to work–with other people who kick ass too. If you suck, then you put yourself around sucky people to feel better about yourself. If you want to be the best, seek to be around awesome people–be it other artists, assistants, producers, clients, partners, whatever. Shoot high. Shoot for better than yourself.
10. Real artists create.
Do you just sit around and think of stuff you could create, photograph, build, ship, or design, but never output anything? Then you’re a poser. Take a new approach and make stuff. Maybe what comes out of your studio isn’t perfect, but there should always stuff leaving the door and hitting the web, the page, the billboard, the gallery, or the street. If you are for real, you’ll be pumping out work on the regular.
There you go. Now don’t just read this list, KNOW this list.
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