Some Thoughts

One of my favorite takeaways from the Housing Works Design on a Dime event was a post card from Paul Smith.  The image was of a hand written list entitled "Some Thoughts," reflections from the desk of Sir Paul Smith.  I tried to get the photo from the designer but never heard back so I was happy to find a post on the British Vogue website that explains this inspiring list.
 
"I was sitting in my office one day and jotting down some thoughts about life - and then I just left them on my notebook and someone from the team came in and saw them - and the next thing I knew they were framed and on the wall. Then the New York team requested them because they wanted them on the wall of the New York shop..." - Paul Smith
 
SOME THOUGHTS
by Paul Smith
  1. Start something new
  2. Take pleasure seriously
  3. Life/work is not about shorter hours or longer hours, it's about every hour
  4. Look at the world through the eyes of someone you respect, admire and love
  5. You can't do it without doing it
  6. Make room to BREAK THE RULES
  7. Stop making sense...logic is predictable...think differently