"You are not entitled to the fruit of your labor, only the labor itself." This has always confused the hell outta me.

"I woke up one day, and it was five years later." The importance of making a conscious effort to have a plan and a vision for your future, rather than blindly working and passing time.

Q: Hey James,

I am 33. I've spent the last 10 years regretting not doing art/visual comms in college and having a design/creative career. I torture myself with the 'where would I be now thoughts'.

I did manage to move ...

Q: Is the line between art and design becoming more blurred?

Tomorrow is guaranteed to no one. The Boston Marathon bombing and death of our own dear friend are reminders that life is fleeting. Its time to take control of your life and live it to its fullest. What the hell are you wa...

Q: I am wondering how to balance ambition and contentment?

Today's Burning Questions deals with MTA cops, table thumping and your future.

Q: I was talking with my mother the other day. I told her that I want it all. I want a meaningful job, lots of money, and lots of time with my family and friends. I can sum up my mother's reaction with "Ha ha, you're so na...

Alfredo from Costa Rica asked a great question. So we went to Costa Rica to answer him.

Q:

"Sometimes we have projects that we don't love, or find boring or not creative enough, but we have to do them to pay the rent or to add to our savings account (cause lets face it: in this business we're in, it's always...

Q: I want to make changes in my life/ career, but am afraid..."

Q: How do you sound so confident? I'm pretty confident in my body of work, but when it comes to talking to people, I feel like I shrink down to the size of a mouse. I've been told that shy and timid people are usually the ...

Q: "I admire your point of view and brutal honesty. You often speak of consciousness, faith and life paths — what books do you read for inspiration/enlightenment? In other words, what would be your top list of books/author...

Q: "How do you break habits?"

Q: "I've been in the screen printing biz since 1972..spent the 70's and part of the 80's doing flat surface printing..started and ran my own biz the t-shirt factory from '89 to '08 when i sold to a local competitor ..worke...

Q: I'm a graphic design student and have dreams of being self-employed when I graduate. I want freedom but don't know if all the pressures of starting a studio may get too much and dominate some of the best years of my lif...

Q. James, do you believe in destiny?

Q. Are you only as good as your reference material?

A Q + A on the wonderful world of client relations.

Q. This spring my father went to the doctor for something minor and ended up having to have heart surgery. He's a very healthy man and not that old, so it was not expected. However this encounter with immortality has inspi...

Happy Friggen New Years! Let's talk resolutions, shall we?

Forget the Chia Pet the Snuggy and all the ironic gifts this year...

Mother Fletcher! Cheese n' rice! What the halal?

Q: A friend of mine and I go into arguments about how to get more clients, he insists its all about how you network (social, as well) and also play yourself up to a potential client and anyone who asks you about your work...

James Victore, On time management and organization.

The importance of gratitude.

Q. How important is to have heroes? Specifically, heroes in your field / profession. I'm curious how your relationship (admiration for) Tomaszewski and others played a role in your work and career.

Q. How can I make good or great Graphic Design and make enough money to eat?

I am 18yo self thaught graphic designer. I started with graphic design 3 years ago, and till now had some free jobs. Probably most interesting of them were UI of MacOS application and app for iPad devices, together with 2 ...

Q. "I wanted to know if you had any tips on helping clients be brave and getting your ideas across the line? Sure a designer can have a voice and the guts to do brave beautiful work but how do you bring the client along fo...

In this Q+A Tuesday Darth Vadar talks about the importance of faith...

"...I was haunted with the realization that a huge portion of what I was making was pointless. For the following weeks all of the in house offers just seemed so repulsive to me and I turned every one down. I quickly realiz...

The get up and dance video from James Victore's "Take This Job & Love It" Symposium. The things I do for my friends...

I think that graphic design is meant to be for the society for a greater good

or to mean something, to invite people to change their manners, to go to theaters, read, dance but the only thing that I saw is that everybody w...

Q. What advice could I give my students to open their minds, and free

their creativity and imagination and hearts? What could I say to them for them to believe

that school is the way out?

Q: Do you have specific clients you simply don't work for, or values you put above making money?

Outtakes from one Q + A session. I wanted to be honest and show how difficult the filming process is for me. We record these in one take with little preparation in order to keep it "live."

The question is: to pay rent or follow your dreams? What Would James Victore Do?

"Should I do this? Should I do that?" Is the question in this Q + A

Q. "Some people still don't seem to understand the impact of what good GD can do, or what it can be 'used' for. How do you explain to clients that this is what they should be going with?"

Habits are the subject matter of this Q+A Tuesday.

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On this Q+A Tuesday...

"Ultimately, martial arts is the expression of oneself." —Bruce Lee

In this Q + A Tuesday James talks about waiting for perfection... feck perfuction.

On this Q+A, James talks about clients and doing good work.

James Victore on the critics inside.

When you believe that your work is a gift, it radically changes what you create.

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