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Whether your 2019 was a BANG 👍 or a BUST 👍, it mattered. You and your experiences matter. Now what will you do in 2020 to get you where you want to be?

“Be the type of person who follows through on what you say you'll do.”

There is a slight, but crucial difference from... "Do what you say you're gonna do" or "Honor your word."

There’s a concept called:

Be. Do. Have.

And there are 3 types of people in this concept…

I felt like I was going to throw up

It was the morning after enrollment ended on my founding member’s launch for Full Harbor Membership. I paced the living room, sweating and running my hands through my hair.

It wasn't because it was a total failure. In fact, I nearly hit my stretch goal of 135 founding members (132 joined). So why the sick feeling in my stomach?!

Keep reading to know why…

This is part 2... You can read part 1 here. 

Why working hard may not be producing your best results…

Nulls are a great way to expand the capabilities you have to animate any element. Here's how to create a new null quickly as well as a video showing how to use them. There's more good stuff in here too, so check it out!

2017 will be what you make it. Control what you can. Accept what you cannot. Set yourself up for "getting lucky." 

It's so important to learn keyboard shortcuts. You don't need to learn every single one at once, but be intentional about it when you see a good one. And this is a good one. Also, there's a really good Lettering Animation Spotlight.

New blog format! After Effects Tips of the Week. Lettering Animation Spotlight. And more :D

Some good changes are coming to this blog. I'll be taking a few weeks off to do some behind the scenes construction and preparing new, more focused content.

Flow state is when you get so lost in your work that you lose track of time. Here are some things I do to get into a flow state and get more important work done. 

Conferences are a really fun way to meet people in your industry (network), listen to amazing speakers (inspiration), and potentially see another part of the world (traveling is the best education).

I've been reading through The Animator's Survival Kit the last couples weeks and this one concept was such a huge thing for my brain. We're animating masses, not lines. 

Arrow... in my heart.

Guilty.

I've totally been moving lines around the screen without enough care for the mass that belongs to and defines the way the things should move.

Stepping out of your comfort zone is a major way to level up. It's completely undervalued in the creative world. Here are some reasons why you should try it for yourself.

Perfectionism, ironically, is keeping you from making your best work. These two rules will get you closer to perfect without having to worry about being perfect.

I'd be wasting so many hours if I didn't use these tools every day. 

Down time is inevitable... take advantage of that time to set your business up for future success. Here are 8 ways to use down time to grow your motion design business.

I almost didn't go to WistiaFest this year. I am no longer a "video marketer" specifically, but there are ways to shift your mindset and goals to take advantage of a conference in a tangitial industry to your own. Read on to see how I made it worth it and 3 massively actionable video marketing action steps you can take today to build an audience through video.

When you start with the basics and push them just a tiny bit and you'll have a totally amazing animation. In this post you'll learn a handful of new techniques that will help you customize your lettering animation to a whole new level.