Seeing, despite the name, isn’t merely visual.
Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.
The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you.
Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.
Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.
We are too focused on avoiding criticism and not enough on making a difference.