🔥 Weekend Inspiration #4

As R Kelly once said ‘It’s the freakin weekend baby I’m about to have me some inspiration’, or was it ‘fun’? We digress…

We’re kicking off this weekend’s inspiration with a featured remixer, someone who has used Unsplash photos a lot in her work. Eva M Winters is a Chicago based designer who’s Instagram feed is one of our weekly must-sees. Pay her Instagram feed a visit, you won’t regret it.

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One Behavior Separates The Successful From The Average

Those who become successful initiate. They reach out to people, ask questions, make recommendations, offer to help, and pitch their ideas.
Being successful requires being proactive and not waiting for life to come to you. It means you’re on offense, not defense. You’re active, not passive.

By Benjamin P. Hardy • Photo by Biel Morro

A friendship litmus test

A friend of mine mentioned something the other day that stuck like a shuriken in my mind. He said, “I’m not the kind of friend who’ll come to your birthday party. I’m the kind of friend who’ll bail you out of jail.”

By Jonas Ellison • Photo by Anna Vander Stel

Take a day off

What good is a career that robs you of years of your life?
This is not a knock on ambition. I’m ambitious! But I’m not going to sacrifice breath, literal breath, for peer approval. Or even for legacy. Besides, doesn’t the length of my life have a direct impact on my legacy?

By Sand Farnia • Photos by Nomao Saeki .

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Learn How to Create a Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop CC, CS6, CS5.

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