INTRODUCTION

“Passion is the process.”

If you want to get good at something, you must commit to doing a little bit of it every day and must come to terms with initially being bad at it. Accepting that you will not be good right away is the first step, because it opens you up to the possibility of learning.

As a product designer, for example, I have to draw objects in perspective daily to capture ideas and explain concepts to clients and other designers. Communicating visually is almost a magical superpower in my field. Yet, drawing is a skill that took me many years to become comfortable with.

My father was a hobby artist, and daily while growing up I would see him paint and draw a variety of subjects on the veranda of our home in Jamaica. ...

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