Relying on your talent alone isn’t enough to get you the job/raise/promotion/work-life balance that you’ve dreamed of.

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Your strengths are not limited to your achievements or the things you put on paper or a metal plaque.

The 1st Step to Building a Design Career of Purpose and Passion

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Relying on your talent alone isn’t enough to get you the job/raise/promotion/work-life balance that you’ve dreamed of.

4 Ways to Stand Out as a Creative in Corporate

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How to Get More Creative Freedom in Your Corporate Design Job

Most people assume that once they land that first job in the career they want, they’re going to be on their way–That once you’re in it, you naturally get taken down a career path.

But a career of purpose and intention requires purpose and intention.

How to Get More Creative Freedom in Your Corporate Design Job

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Told I wouldn't succeed as a designer blog post by grace kim portland

I wasn’t expecting him to necessarily love any of them, but I wasn’t prepared for the words that came out of his mouth…

When My Boss Told Me I Wouldn’t Succeed.

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Are You Believing one of these 3 myths? Are You enough?

The world is set up so that we don’t make an impact. It’s no wonder we are walking around completely lost in our identities and purpose.

Are You Believing One of these 3 Myths?

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How I Became a Fashion Designer Blog Post by Grace Kim Portland

It was a year-long whirlwind of being called into something I never dreamed I would do.

From Fraud to Success: How I Became a Fashion Designer

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Why You Should Dream Small instead of Dream Big Grace Kim Portland

I recently learned the power that SMALL dreams carry and I am a new believer.

Why You Should Dream SMALL instead of Big.

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BlackLivesMatterChangetoDoBetter

We still have a long way to go for lasting changes to this political, social, and personal issue.

Ways You Can Donate to and Support Black Lives and Communities of Color.

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Fashion Design Horror Story Blog Post by Grace Kim Portland

I was a few weeks into my first full-time assistant design job and I was shocked that this was real life. After all, I thought this kind of thing only happened in movies?

A Fashion Design Horror Story

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