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The Honest Designers Show — 100 episodes

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Episode 211: What Have We Learned Along the Journey?

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Episode 210: Creatives Are The New Superheroes!

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Episode 209: A Journey to Success with Lisa Congdon

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Episode 208: Is Our Industry Under Threat?

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Episode 207: Ambitious Creatives with Jessica Hische

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Episode 206: Getting on the Right Path (Zooming Out)

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Episode 205: Should We Think About Creativity Differently? with Austin Kleon

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Episode 204: Empathy, The Secret Sauce

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Episode 203: Social Justice, Going Viral and Positive Impact Through Art with Danielle Coke

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Episode 202: Spinning Plates, Overwhelm and Prioritisation

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Episode 201: The Rollercoaster of Running a Successful Creative Agency with Mike Janda

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Episode 200: Design Cliques, Comparison and Insecurities

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Episode 199: The Importance of Pausing and Planning

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Episode 198: Branding Yourself as a Creative

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Episode 197: The World of Lettering

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Episode 196: Geeking Out About Illustration

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Episode 195: Why Should Someone Hire Us?

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Episode 194: How to Charge 10 Times More Than Your Current Rate?

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Episode 193: Being Ambitious

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Episode 192: Are you always tired?

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Episode 191: Logo Designing with James Martin

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Episode 190: Wearing all the Hats in a Creative Business

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Episode 189: How to Learn Graphic Design in 10 days!

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Episode 188: Creating Work That is Different and Stands Out

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Episode 187: How to Choose Your Clients

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Episode 186: How to Succeed as a Surface Pattern Designer

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Episode 185: Speed

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Episode 184: Getting Your Projects Over the Finish Line

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Episode 183: How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Your Peers

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Episode 182: The Most Profitable Ways to Earn Money as a Creative

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Episode 181: Is Social Media Really Necessary?

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Episode 180: Making it as a Designer with Hank Washington

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Episode 179: File Organisation

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Episode 178: How to Connect More with Potential Customers?

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Episode 177: Questions from Dustin

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Episode 176: How to Build a Good Reputation as a Designer

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Episode 175: Designing for the Love of It

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Episode 174: Social Media Strategies for Creatives

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Episode 173: How to Create Better Work

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Episode 172: How to Build Income Predictability

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Episode 171: Defining Our Ideal Client

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Episode 170: How to Hit That Sweet Flow State

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Episode 169: Our Honest Life Hacks

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Episode 168: Answering Questions From Each Other!

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Episode 167: Focusing On Your Work

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Episode 166: Having to Put your Creative Work Aside with Alyssa Nutile

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Episode 165: Putting your creative work in the back burner

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Episode 164: Answering Questions from our Listeners, Part 2

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Episode 163: Answering Questions from our Listeners

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Episode 162: Tips for Designers in a Coronavirus World

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Episode 161: Catching Up and Talking all Things Coronavirus

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Episode 160: Second Round of Listeners' Questions!

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Episode 159: Teaching Calligraphy with Loveleigh Loops

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Episode 158: Listeners' Questions

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Episode 157: The Power of Brand

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Episode 156: How to Launch Courses as a Creative with Teela Cunningham

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Episode 155: How to Attract Better Clients

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Episode 154: Work-life Balance

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Episode 153: Branding with Henry Kaminski Jr.

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Episode 152: Scarcity Mindset Vs. Abundance Mindset

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Episode 151: Design Trends for 2020

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Episode 150: How to Pivot with Melinda Livsey

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Episode 149: Working well with clients

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Episode 148: Making Your Work Stand Out

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Episode 147: Going Full-Time Independent Creative

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Episode 146: How to Get Faster in Your Work

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Episode 145: Dealing with Creative Fatigue

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Episode 144: Feeling Empowered to Create with Peggy Dean

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Episode 143: Golden Nuggets and Knowledge Bombs

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Episode 142: Making it as a Young Creative With Mark Hirons

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Episode 141: Finding Your Calling With Andy J. Pizza Part 2

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Episode 140: Finding Your Calling With Andy J. Pizza

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Episode 139: Pushing Past Your Fears With Teela Cunningham

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Episode 138: Niching Down to Scale Up with Phil Howell

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Episode 137: Blogging Your Way to Success with Jacob Cass

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Episode 136: Thriving as a Retro Designer with Bob Ewing

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Episode 135: Mastering YouTube for Designers with Will Paterson

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Episode 134: Working Smarter in Your Creative Business

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Episode 133: Advice to our Younger Selves

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Episode 132: Building your Business Blueprint with Catherine Kay

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Episode 131: You Are the People You Surround Yourself With

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Episode 130: Persevering Through the Early Days

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Episode 129: Increasing your Earnings as a Designer

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Episode 128 - Labels in the Design Industry

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Episode 127 - Failure as a Creative

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Episode 126 - Benefits of Niching Part 2

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Episode 125 - Benefits of Niching Part 1

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Episode 124 - Mindset Part 2

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Episode 123 - Mindset Part 1

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Episode 122 - Spark your Creativity

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Episode 121 - Pushing Outside Your Comfort Zone

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Episode 120 - Paranoia, Competition, and Needing Therapy

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Episode 119 - Earning a Living From Lettering with Becca Courtice

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Episode 118 - Mindset and Marketing with Chris Do

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Episode 117 - Lettering and the Creative Side Hustle with Scotty Russell

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Episode 116 - Hand Lettering Success With Stefan Kunz

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Episode 115 - High on Lettering with Dina Rodriguez

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Episode 114 - Logo Design Masterclass with Ian Paget

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Episode 113 - No One Knows What They're Doing Part 2

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Episode 112 - No One Knows What They're Doing Part 1