You know that feeling when you land on a creative’s portfolio and it’s like... everything? Logo design, illustration, web design, motion graphics, photography, “and also I do copywriting!”

Your brain just glazzes over, right?

Here’s the thing: you’re probably doing this to yourself.

And I get it. When you’re freelancing or running a small agency, the instinct is to cast the widest net possible. Show every skill. Take every project. Be everything to everyone. Because more options = more opportunities, right?

Wrong. So wrong.

The Uncomfortable Truth

When you try to appeal to everyone, you appeal to no one.

Think about the last time you needed to hire someone. Did you Google “designer” and pick randomly? No. You looked for “the Framer person who does SaaS sites” or “that illustrator who does the weird 3D characters” or “the brand designer who works with DTC beauty brands.”

You wanted a specialist. Someone who’s done exactly what you need, over and over. Someone who gets it.

Your potential clients are doing the same thing. And when they land on your “I do everything!” portfolio, their brain does this calculation: “Hmm, they’re okay at a bunch of things... but are they actually GREAT at the thing I need?”

Then they bounce.

Why Niching Makes You More Money (Not Less)

Here’s what actually happens when you niche down:

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This is something that really sucks the most as a freelancer or agency. You’ve had a good feeling in the call with them, talked about a price range, send them an offer after the call, and then sincerely, they are not responding anymore to any of your messages.

First, this is an issue that is not only about you, but also about the person on the other side. Ghosting is generally rude, but it happens and it has its reasons. Let’s have a look how you get ghosted less:

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F*ck. That’s the moment I realized I’d made one of the most dangerous mistakes an entrepreneur can make. I had built my entire business on sand.

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5 years ago, I was stuck in the 9-5 grind, making less than $70K per year and dreaming about real freedom.

Today? Multiple businesses generating close to $1M annually.

Whether you’re still chained to a job dreaming of independence, or already running your own thing but hitting a ceiling, I’ve been in both places.

The difference between struggling and thriving isn’t talent. It’s knowing exactly what moves the needle.

That’s why I created the Creative Prosperity Club – A growing library of my own strategies, knowledge, experiences, and resources, updated regularly.

Inside, you get the complete system for building real creative freedom, whether you’re planning your escape or scaling what you’ve already built:

• Proven strategies to break six figures (and beyond)

• The exact tactics I used to go from employee to multi-business owner

• Weekly insights on what’s actually working right now

• Video lessons and voice notes from someone who’s done it

• A growing library of resources and frameworks

• Full archive access at creativeprosperity.club

If you’re still employed: This is your roadmap to finally quit and make it work.

If you’re already independent: This is how you break through your current revenue ceiling.

This isn’t theory. It’s not a course. It’s the knowledge and path I followed, and continue to use, to scale my ventures even further.

If you’ve ever thought “I need to get out of this job” or “My business could be doing so much more,” you’re right. There’s a better way, and I’ve mapped it out for you.

The question is: Are you ready to level up?

Get 50% off forever

To your freedom,
Cédric

P.S. — Whether you’re counting down the days until you can quit or wondering why your business isn’t growing faster, the answer is the same: You need a proven system. This is it.

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The mistake most small business owners make

If you own your business directly as a person, you’re only half-protected. Your business protects you from business problems, but nothing protects your business from your personal problems. Someone sues you personally? They can take your entire business ownership.

The simple fix: Use a holding company

Think of it like keeping your valuables in a safe, not your pocket. You create two companies instead of one. The holding company owns your business LLC, and you own the holding company. This creates two walls of protection instead of one.

Your holding company owns the valuable stuff like equipment, property, and money. Your operating company does the actual risky work but owns almost nothing. If something goes wrong, people can only grab what’s in that one company, not everything you own.

How to set it up

First, create your holding company. Then create your operating company with the holding company as the owner, not you personally. Give each company its own bank account and keep the money completely separate. This part is critical. Mixing money between accounts destroys your protection.

Write simple agreements for how the companies work together. If your holding company owns equipment, write a lease saying the operating company pays rent for it. Keep records of everything.

Keep it working

The protection only works if you follow the rules. Keep separate bank accounts forever. Never pay personal bills from business accounts. Hold a quick annual meeting even if you’re alone and write down what you decided. File your yearly reports with the government. Keep your paperwork organized.

Most court cases that break through business protection happen because owners mixed their personal and business money. Don’t make this mistake.

When to do this

Start with a simple single LLC if you’re just beginning. Add the holding company structure when you have real assets to protect or you’re making more than sixty thousand dollars per year. This also how I started. First, I had my initial operative LLC, then I added the holding, and then another operative LLC.

Protection is one thing. But depending on your country, you get also a lot of tax leverage. For my case as an example, my operative LLCs can pay out tax-free dividends to the holding. This saves me very serious money (I’m in Switzerland).

Get help when needed

You can form a simple LLC yourself using online services. But get a business lawyer and accountant involved when you’re setting up multiple companies. It costs some money, but saves you much more in taxes and protection in return. They’ll make sure everything is set up correctly from the start. Something that is very valuable in the longterm.

Why this works everywhere

Different countries call them different things, but the basic idea works the same almost everywhere. Create legal separation between you and your business. Keep business and personal money completely separate. Follow the rules your country requires. Never mix funds.

The key is simple: one company protects another company better than one company protects a person. Build two walls, not one. Keep them separate, maintain them properly, and you’ll have real protection for what you’ve built.

I hope this information is valuable to you.

Disclaimer: This is not financial or legal advice, but just my own experience. Always check this with your accountant and trustee.

Level 1: Personal Labor

You do everything. Income = hours worked.

Where you are: Charging by the hour, doing custom work, trading time for money directly. This is the golden times where it all starts. Great time, but also very tough.

What you need to reach Level 2: Systems and documented processes. You can't delegate what only exists in your head.

Action step: Document your workflow for your most common project type. Create templates, checklists, and standard operating procedures. If you can't explain how to do your work, you can't scale it. Take what’s in your head and make it sharable for others (so they can help you out).

Level 2: Other People's Labor

You manage others. Income = team output.

Where you are: Hiring contractors or employees, building an agency, delegating tasks to expand capacity. Leverage not just your, but also other’s time. Multiply your output.

What you need to reach Level 3: Standardization and productization. Stop doing custom work and start building repeatable solutions.

Action step: Identify the 20% of your services that generate 80% of your revenue (Pareto principle). Package these into standardized offerings with fixed pricing. Custom work should become the exception, not the rule. This helps you to scale the same offer to a multiplying amount.

For some people, who run an agency for example, and optimized it in a way that they are not needed in the actual business anymore, you might find that this level is enough and sufficient to be happy and life a great life. So technically, you can stop here. Want more autonomy though? Check level 3.

Level 3: Technology & Systems

Your systems work without you. Income = market size.

Where you are: Selling software, templates, info products, and automated services. Building once, selling many times.

What you need to reach Level 4: Capital accumulation and investment mindset. Take profits from your systems (businesses) and deploy them strategically to multiply them.

Action step: Set aside 30% of profits from Level 3 activities. Don't spend it on lifestyle inflation, invest it in assets that generate passive returns.

Level 4: Capital & Assets

Your money works for you. Income = compound returns.

Where you are: Equity positions, royalties, investments generating income without your active involvement. This is the pro league. It’s very hard to get here, any probably only 1% are reaching this level. But when you do, you get true abundance.

The goal: True wealth and time freedom.

So, what does this all mean?

Most creatives think the game is "charge more per hour". But this is not true. The real game is "build assets that generate income without your time". Because every person has a ceiling on how much can be earned per hour. Might be $50, $100, $250, or $500. But it’s nearly impossible to scale beyond that.

I spent 10 years optimizing Level 1. Made decent money, hit a ceiling.

I spent 18 months building Level 2 and 3. Revenue quadrupled while working fewer hours.

Your time is finite. Your ability to build leveraged systems isn't.

Stop selling your calendar. Start building assets instead.

While we've been perfecting our craft, the world has moved on. AI cranks out images and code in seconds. No-code tools let anyone build websites. Clients stopped caring about pixel-perfect mockups and started demanding business results (nothing wrong about that tbh.).

But here's the twist: This is our biggest opportunity yet. The designers thriving right now aren't the deepest specialists. They're the ones connecting dots across disciplines. I know a web designer who learned AI and no-code web development and now charges $15k+ for projects that used to pay $3k. Because she can design AND build the solution. This is also exactly what I do at my agency.

The secret is becoming T-shaped: deep in your core skill, but competent across multiple areas. The UX designer who understands business metrics. The graphic designer who writes compelling copy or creates amazing AI imagery. The developer who gets user psychology, interaction design, and UX writing.

Pick one adjacent skill this week that would make your expertise more valuable. Here are some to get you started:

• Coding

• Image + video prompting

• Vibe coding

• NoCode web development

• Storytelling

• UX Writing

• Visual design

• Branding

• Marketing

• CRO

• SEO

• 3D visualization

• Sales

• Automation

The market rewards problem-solvers, not pixel-pushers. Expand your skills before your competition (and AI) does.

Hard to start? Yes. But, try building side projects with these new skills, and you will see that you will get better over time.

Brick by brick.

Holy shit. I've been in the design and development industry for over 13 years, and I've never felt this electric about being a maker in this space.

Everyone's freaking out about AI "replacing" designers, but they're missing the MASSIVE opportunity staring us in the face. This isn't a threat – this is our rocket fuel.

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When everyone posts like an AI

How many times a day do you see an AI-generated post, comment, or article? Seems like many times, at least for me. Algorithms care more about engagement than about real value or quality. Everything on the feed feels templated, automated, and weirdly the same. Designers are posting design work that is just being done only to go viral, but in reality, it’s just another Dribbble shot far away from really solving problems.

The death of the personal post

When I’m comparing the performance of my posts on X and Threads, it clearly shows that it’s not the personal posts that drive engagement. The provocative and loud ones do. For me, it feels like we’ve lost something on our way. Personality. Character. Taste. The few things that separate us humans from the machines. It seems like these important aspects don’t count as important anymore.

The feed is full, but no one’s home

Social media currently feels like it's like an infinite scroll that ends with an empty soul. No value. Just doom scrolling, lots of drama, and tons of viral posts that have no depth.

During the past few months, I’ve fallen into a subtle fatigue that came from endless and shallow engagement after posting. But, I’ve had the willpower to stay consistent in posting content, which I was. I’ve surpassed 500 days of multiple daily posts on Twitter/X in a row. Very proud of myself. That’s coming close to two years. But does it give me a good feeling? Somehow, no.

So, where does this bad feeling come from? I think it’s coming from the engagement that is heavily missing in depth and value on my social platforms of choice, X. Engagement is high, but connection is low. It doesn’t feel right anymore.

It’s like we’re in a casino

As a creative business owner, visibility matters. If no one sees my work, the business doesn’t run. But the algorithms? They’ve turned unpredictable. What worked last week, flops today. Posting now feels like pulling a lever at a slot machine, sometimes you hit a streak, sometimes it’s crickets. The reward schedule is random by design since Elon took it over. It’s addictive, but not fulfilling. Even “winning” feels hollow. It’s not about building relationships anymore. It’s about beating the system.

Escaping the feed

So, what am I going to do to reclaim focus, depth, and real connection?

I’m going old-school.

Not deleting accounts. Not vanishing. But stepping sideways, away from the feed and toward formats that still feel human.

Newsletters. Private group chats. Slow blogs. Thoughtful conversations. I see more and more people making that quiet shift, muting topics, turning off notifications, unfollowing half their lists. Not dramatic. Just intentional.

Sometimes that looks like reading one long thing instead of fifty short ones. Sometimes it’s texting a friend instead of liking their story. These small choices don’t break the algorithm, but they weaken its grip.

What I’ll be doing next

If you’re reading this, you’re part of the change I want to see. This newsletter is where I’ll be showing up more often again. Thoughtfully. Personally. Without the pressure to perform and show up every day just because I think I need to.

You’ll hear from me more frequently here, hopefully every week, via email.

I’m breaking my consistency cycle on X to return to a deeper connection to my beloved audience, which I miss.

Thank you for still being here.

I deeply appreciate you and can’t wait to send you the next Creative Prosperity letter.

Disconnecting gently,
Cédric

• Traveled across Australia & New Zealand for 3 months.

• Grew my subscriber base on X to 13.5K.

• Built and launched Miro's new website in Framer.

• Completed 200+ Framer website projects.

• Launched my own Framer plugin powered by AI.

• Moved into my first office space.

• Hit $150K in total revenue with my Framer templates since starting in 2022.

• Generated $450K in solo revenue this year across all my ventures.

But let’s go beyond the numbers. Behind each milestone was a journey filled with lessons, challenges, and growth. It was my third year being independent and an entrepreneur. I doubled my income compared to 2023. Also, I’ve charged more money for my work and started getting huge clients like Miro, which was new compared to 2023 as well.

What made it all possible?

A few important aspects upfront that I wanna share with you that made the difference after reflecting on it: Deep focus, experimentation, momentum, and relentless execution through consistency. I know these are not actionable nor practical, so here are a few actionable insights you can follow as well:

Share your journey

Visibility creates opportunities – This is the most important factor that made the turning point in my journey possible as I look back on a decade of trial and error. I never really made myself visible to others. No wonder I couldn't generate any interest. No one took notice of me and my business.

So start sharing your progress on social platforms like X, Threads, or LinkedIn, and start collecting email subscribers so you can start a regular newsletter (newsletters have the highest conversion rate).

Make yourself visible to others. EVERY DAY.

Take risks

You might ask yourself what’s the difference between the top 1% and the other 99%. It’s taking risks. Why? They lead to growth. Every time you do something you’ve never done, you will become better or learn from its failure (Both make you grow).

So, what risks can you take? Here are a few I did:

• Explored new markets and tools

• Built-in public

• Monetized my skills across multiple formats

• Took 3 months off to see if my only “passive income” business still made money

• Learned to code advanced products with AI

• Moved beyond my solo work and hired a few freelancers

• Shared by revenue and numbers

• Wrote posts about my failures

Every single one of these risks helped me to get where I am today.

Take the risk. Become the 1%.

Consistency beats perfection

If you break down big things you wanna achieve to daily, they become very small. This is about income, skills, marketing, and many more things.

“Little by little, one travels far.”
by J.R.R. Tolkien

Today, I’ve hit 400 days of posting every day on Twitter/X, I’m working in Framer every day for multiple hours, and I’m writing my 12th newsletter this year (my goal was monthly). I’m making myself visible every day. No breaks. This has created so many opportunities, it’s insane.

Consistency compounds.

Dream big, and be relentlessly optimistic

Program your mind to success. Sounds weird, but it’s true. Set big and brave goals and try to achieve them by being as optimistic as possible. This is growing your chances of actually achieving it so much.

What you think, you become… (Buddha)

Leverage small wins to reach bigger goals

Small wins are the building blocks of big success. They create momentum, boost your confidence, and set the stage for bigger achievements. The key is to recognize and celebrate them while using them strategically to move forward. Never lose motivation. Build brick by brick. Fall in love with the process. And certainly, you find yourself where you wanted to be a year ago. Set feasible goals, celebrate your tiny wins, build credibility with every small success, strengthen your habits, and build up momentum.

Focus on incremental improvement.

Never stop learning and building

Invest in your skills. Skills, not tools. If you reduce yourself to just being a tool for someone else (pushing pixels, writing copy, coding up a web design, ...), you won't succeed.

Be a jack of all trades. Become multi-skilled.

Start with the following skillsets: Copywriting, Prompting, Image Generation, Design and Development (AI), Sales, Marketing, Critical Thinking, Automation, Psychology, and Problem-solving.

If you acquire most of these skills, you will have a high chance of making a very good income in 2025.

This is it for today. I hope this reflection helps to in your journey.

Have a great start into 2025 and always remember: Brick by brick.

Enjoyed writing this. See you next time. Peace ✌️

Cédric

So what changed after 2020 in my brain? Here's how I moved past my fears and negative thoughts and stepped confidently into my entrepreneurial journey.

Start small

A project can feel overwhelming in the beginning. This often ends up in canceling the project before you even launch it. Begin with manageable goals and expand as you gain confidence and insights. This could mean starting with a limited product range or offering a single service. Minimize the initial risks and keep the workload manageable. Don’t overload yourself too much in the beginning. Take it easy!

Personal Brand

How people perceive you online has an impact on your self-confidence. Build up a personal brand that reflects your true self. If people like what they see, you as a person and your skills can’t be that bad, right?

Networking

Saw that others are also struggling with the same things. Even the successful people. Once I started to network with people I admired, I quickly saw that they are also just human, and have to deal with the same issues I did. This broke my inner barrier of “Is my work good enough?”. It turned into self-confidence and trust in myself.

Challenges

At a certain point in your business, you will face certain challenges, that might look like they can’t be solved. Don’t think of this when starting. Embrace the journey and just start. You will be able to solve any upcoming problem at the right time. You will grow into it. Always.

Failure

You might think failing is bad. But hey, it’s not. Setbacks are completely normal! Nobody, not even the most successful people on our planet Earth had any issues in their journey. Failure is part of that journey and can be looked at as an opportunity.

Failure = Opportunity.
Failure = Opportunity.
Failure = Opportunity.

Feedback

Improvement is part of everyone’s journey. So why not ask how you can improve? Seek feedback from your friends, customers, and business partners. Next to self-reflection, this is the best way to grow. Make use of it.

Actionable Steps

Now, what can you do to finally start and launch your idea? Here are 6 actionable tasks I want you to take action on:

1. Launch your idea as a minimum awesome product.

2. Build up a personal brand on social media.

3. Message 10 new people you admire and who are doing better than you.

4. Write down the worst 5 things that can happen after launching your business and how you would solve them.

5. Start logging your failures and mistakes in a notebook and write a resulting opportunity next to each failure.

Starting your own business is undeniably challenging, but it’s also an incredible opportunity to realize your passion and achieve personal fulfillment. I went through all of that as well, and it’s the best that could happen to me.

By preparing yourself with the right knowledge, mindset, and strategies, you can overcome your fears and finally launch that one thing you ever wanted.

Believe in yourself.

Best wishes,
Cédric

The 80/20 rule pretends that approx 80% of the effects generated by any large system are caused by 20% of the variables in that specific system.

The thoughts behind this are important: Pareto’s principle is a useful method for focusing resources and, in return, getting greater efficiencies in your process. 80% of the results can be done in 20% of the total effort/time. Those affected 20% of the results with 80% of the work. Focus on the things you can do in 20% of your time to get 80% of the result and you will boost your efficiency. The remaining 80% of the work should be reevaluated to verify the value and you can think about if they give a certain value at all. You must define and be aware of the desired outcome. This is the metric that defines your work deliverables. This is why it can vary for each project.

‍Not all tasks and actions in your project are of equal value. Use this rule to evaluate the value of actions, find areas for redesign or optimization, and focus your resources efficiently.

‍Uncritical tasks of your project should be minimized or removed entirely, as they are among the 80% less important parts. If you have resources left over, you can use them to work on the 20% effects that take 80% of the time to be realized. Perfect for polishing!

Happy Easter to you and your loved ones!

Sincerely,
Cédric

In today’s issue, I want to make your life easier and tell you what the ideal steps are to find a good name for your product.

1. Empathy first

Many people are just wildly brainstorming first before they even really understand their product's features, benefits, and unique selling points (USPs). Understand these as a first step. Then, make sure you also understand your target audience. What interests them, what their preferences are, and so on.

Having all this knowledge first will make sure, that you have enough empathy to hatch in your customers’ shoes, which is needed so that they resonate with that naming.

2. Brainstorming

Now the fun part. Start with a brainstorming session. Aim to create a long list of potential names that capture the essence, functionality, or benefit of your product. Consider using word associations, metaphors, and variations on keywords related to your product. I often also ask ChatGPT to list certain words in the field/topic of my product. This helps to connect certain words or get ideas on possible names. If you have a team, you could also do a brainstorming workshop. Having a few brainstorming partners can incentivize your ideation a lot!

Techniques and methods you can use to brainstorm:

• Mind Mapping

• Rapid Ideation

• 5 Whys Method

• Word Banking

Tools you can use to brainstorm:

• Pen and paper

• Miro

• Figjam

You may already have an existing setup for that, and that’s fine! Use whatever suits you best here.

3. Shortlist

Once you have a compact list, begin the process of shortlisting. Remove names that are difficult to pronounce, spell, or remember. Conduct a preliminary trademark search for each shortlisted name to avoid legal complications. This is more important for any company or SaaS name, but not too much of an issue for small-sized digital products such as templates. Analyze the remaining names for their emotional impact, relevance, and potential market appeal to the criteria mentioned in the empathy part above.

4. Availability

In the digital business landscape, your product's name often doubles as its domain name. Check the availability of domain names corresponding to your shortlisted product names. It's increasingly challenging to find short, memorable domains, so be prepared to be creative with suffixes or slight modifications.

I use special TLDs like .design, .co, .supply, .studio, etc for my ventures, since most .com is already taken. Maybe this helps you to find yours. If a .com is available, go with that, it's still the best option.

Wrap up

Finding the perfect name for your digital product is a meticulous process that needs creativity, market research, and strategic thinking to succeed.

Don't go too fast. Analyze your audience and product first. Once you have all the basics for brainstorming, ideate as many names as possible, reduce the list, and research domain options.

Once you find a suitable name, you will see that it will only do good for your product.

Happy brainstorming,
Cédric

Embracing Experimentation

Start exploring various business ideas and experiment with them by executing them in an early-stage venture. Keep it very simple here. We want to see what sticks. Perfectionism is wrong here. Get rid of that if you are someone who always wants to be perfect. Build your ideas, test them with real people, and release them to your audience.

Analyzing and Iterating

Once you have a few ideas turned into simple endeavors, it’s time to start analyzing in what areas you can improve them, and once you know how to improve them, start iterating into these areas of improvement. Here are a few tools and methods I use to check what works and what not (with a focus on digital businesses):

• User Feedback

• Analytics

• Sales Data

• Engagement Metrics

• Product Market Fit

Taking action on iteration is refining your offerings based on your initial explorations. Simple pivots or improvements can direct your ideas into way more profitable stages.

Identifying Your Winning Venture

As soon as you run multiple businesses at the same time you will see very quickly if one is doing better than the others. However, don’t just select this venture by shiny profit numbers. Make sure you are also analyzing its market demand, personal passion, and profitability. This helps you to keep that thing up for the long run. Think 5-10 years plus.

Doubling Down on Success

Now it’s time to go all in. Invest in marketing, optimize product development, and enhance the customer experience of your product. Balance deep focus with staying open to future diversification as markets evolve. If something works right now it doesn’t mean it will work forever.

Wrap-Up

In summary, achieving success in the digital entrepreneurship realm is a blend of strategic experimentation, insightful analysis, and targeted iteration. The journey begins with casting a wide net—exploring multiple ideas to discover what truly resonates. This process is not about seeking perfection from the start but about rapid testing and learning from real-world feedback.

As certain ventures begin to show promise, a deeper dive into their viability, driven by user feedback, market demand, and personal passion, guides the focus toward the most sustainable options. The final step is to wholeheartedly commit to these selected ventures, continuously refining and scaling them, while remaining adaptable to market shifts. Success in this dynamic space is less about a single, initial great idea and more about the agile pursuit of multiple opportunities, followed by a focused effort on what genuinely works. This methodical yet flexible approach ensures not just immediate wins but paves the way for long-term growth and sustainability in the digital marketplace.

Diversify first → focus second.

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Navigating the online business world in the last few years has taught me a valuable lesson: the approach I adopt in facing challenges and seizing opportunities can profoundly impact my success. It was the reason why I failed 10 years in a row until I finally found success. Through my experience, I've observed the clear differences between proactivity and reactivity in my business operations, shipping new things, failure handling, and also decision-making. Today, I want to share with you why I believe proactivity outlasts reactivity nearly every time in the above-mentioned areas.

Staying Ahead in Business

I've learned in the last few years that being proactive is all about being one step ahead. When I think ahead and figure out what my customers will want or what will be popular in the future, I can come up with new ideas and even start new markets, which I did in the Framer templates space as the first creator and now making the most money. It's more than just keeping up with changes; it's about leading the way. I've noticed, that other businesses that only react to trends after they've started usually miss out on great chances or money, and have a hard time keeping up with their proactive competitors.

But now you may ask yourself, how I’ve done that?

The answer is fairly simple. I’ve started to show up on Twitter every day since 2021 and began to also share my stuff every day since 2022. This changed my whole landscape in business. Opportunities came up everywhere. They just get thrown at you. Nowadays, it’s not enough to just be good at what you do. You need to present yourself to the right people, at the right place, and at the right time. And this has never been easier than on the internet. So whatever you are doing professionally, start sharing your journey online and see how your landscape will change.

My Secret to Shipping That Much

Even how I ship things is proactive. I’m not the kind of designer who just designs something, gathers feedback, improves it, drives user testing, improves, and finally ships. I just ship. And see how it goes. If needed, I improve things accordingly. Even if this means that I gotta rebuild the whole thing in a few months. I test it directly with the market.

A Proactive Learning Curve Against Repeated Failing

Throughout my career, I've faced many failures, but how I've dealt with them has been crucial. In my early years, I made so many mistakes. It’s unbelievable. And I repeated the same mistakes again and again. Until I started to approach future mistakes with proactive and preventive measures. I not only made the mistakes and went on, but I deeply thought about how I could turn these setbacks into learning and growth opportunities. I've noticed that a reactive attitude, which often involves quick fixes only, doesn't address the root cause and can lead to repeated failures. So I solved the issues more profoundly. Turns out this prevented many old mistakes from happening again.

Making Informed Choices Proactively

Decision-making has been a critical aspect of my professional life. I've found that making informed, proactive decisions before situations become critical, leads to better outcomes. This approach allows for a thoughtful evaluation of options and consideration of long-term impacts. Reactive decision-making, which is usually hurried and under pressure, often leads to choices that are not in line with my long-term goals.

So as you can see, it’s worth thinking about something for a bit longer than too short. Take the time to think about your decisions. They might be foundational for your life and business.

Wrap up

My experiences have taught me that being proactive in various aspects of business and personal management offers significant advantages over being reactive. By anticipating and preparing for future events, I have been able to effectively manage challenges and take advantage of opportunities that others might have missed. A proactive approach requires foresight, strategic planning, and sometimes a willingness to take calculated risks, but the rewards in terms of growth, efficiency, resilience, and strategic success are priceless.

Until next time 👋🏼
Cédric

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