Things I’m Learning About Myself

• My heart usually knows the right answer long before my head does. My heart tells me the answer, then I use my head to validate it and make it happen.
• In my head I'm a designer; in my heart I’m an artist.
• My work is a performance, my job a stage. My peers, my clients and their clients are my audience.
• I like to plan.
• Being spontaneous makes me uncomfortable. I like to know that I’m doing the right thing in the right way.
• Problems are like sculptures: I chip away at them until the whole answer is revealed.
• I always have the answer, but sometimes it takes time to find it.
• Time is a tool, not a constraint. Time enables planning. Time allows me to check I’m doing the right thing before I commit to it.
• Time is valuable; time should never be squandered.
• ‘Can’t be bothered’ is not acceptable.
• I am not bad at making decisions – I simply require time to make an informed decision. Once a decision’s made, I rarely come to view it as the wrong one.
• I love to learn.
• If a project isn’t challenging, I lose interest.
• Looking backwards is good, looking sideways is good, but I am only interested in moving forwards.
• Mistakes are important – they help make me better. The only bad mistakes are those that I repeat.
• I am only interested in doing things I believe I can do well.
• I do everything as if it will be looked back upon in the future. I throw none of my work away.
• I stop only when I’m satisfied with the outcome.
• I find failure difficult to accept.
• I believe in helping and supporting others as a means of paying back those who have helped and supported me.