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Unveiling our brand new surface pattern design website

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We have gone crazy here at Do What You Love, unveiling three new websites in little more than a week. For some time we have wanted to give our surface pattern design courses a home of their own, as well as giving all our amazing alumni and other designers across the world a place to showcase their work, learn and connect. Rachael Taylor and I have been working on these projects for a year with out teams, and are now delighted to unveil…

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MakeItInDesign.com 

This new website is a home for all things surface pattern design – tools, inspiration, learning options and opportunities to showcase your work. This is the new home for Thhttps://makeitindesign.com/design-school/ Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design and MOYO Magazine. Check it out here.

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MoyoDirectory.com

This brand new directory is the place to showcase your work, attract clients and connect with other designers worldwide. Check it out here.

We’d love to hear what you think!

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PS Huge thanks to Jo Klima of The Darling Tree for her lovely design!

From DWYL HQ: Growing pains

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This week we turned down two book proposals from two major American publishers. Last week we turned down the offer of a lucrative new e-course partnership. Are we crazy? Maybe. But we don’t think so.

Last year Do What You Love saw explosive growth, which was brilliant, but exhausting. We had offers flying in left, right and centre, and it was hugely tempting to keep expanding, adding more courses all the time and getting involved in all sorts of exciting projects. But right at the start of 2013, when we took stock and looked ahead to what kind of a year we wanted it to be, we decided that this year we would focus on quality not quantity.

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Life According To Mr. K – Love Life (3)

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Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

–       Mother Theresa

Our lives are all unique. Our own personal stories are made all the more colourful as they blend and interweave with one another’s when our paths meet. They are filled with experiences that create memories, thus providing us with an opportunity to gain knowledge and wisdom for the next chapter.

Every step of our adventure is dictated by the decisions we make. The places we go dictates the people we meet. Science fiction may let us believe different but unfortunately we cannot journey down two separate paths simultaneously, to check where it may lead us. We have to trust our gut instinct and experiences to guide us.

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Celebratory giveaway winners announced!

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Thank you all for the lovely comments about our new website. We have lots more goodness to add over the coming weeks and months, but it is starting to feel like the site we have been planning for a long time. We hope it serves to fuel your dreams and give you the tools you need to keep you on track!

Over 300 people entered our giveaways last week, and it was so hard to pick our winners, but we read every single comment and felt the following people would really benefit from the prizes:

  • The set of books to inspire adventure, curiosity and an appreciation of life goes to: SUSAN BLACK
  • The bundle of creative inspiration (books and magazines!) goes to: VICKY MORSE

If you name is listed above, congratulations! We will be in touch by email shortly with more details about your prize.

Thank you to everyone for entering – we wish you could all win!

Life According To Mr.K – Love Life (2) + Book Give Away!

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Love Life!  This is our theme for August, and perhaps the most important one yet.

To love something we must treasure it. To really love life requires an appreciation of life itself. And when you really begin to appreciate your life you become increasingly aware how fragile and short it is in the grand scheme of things. The importance of  life has been exaggerated by the news that come Christmas I am going to become a Dad!

I mentioned last week that I believe we get one shot at life and I was going to make damn sure I was going to live my life to its maximum. What I forgot to mention was that I am also very keen to live a very long and healthy life – but aren’t we all? This has never been more true than now, with a baby on the way.

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Do What You Love Interview – Rachael Taylor (+ design course giveaway!)

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Today is a bit special because I get to share an interview with one of my wonderful business partners – talented designer Rachael Taylor. I first came across Rachael when I bought a small original piece in a local gallery near my house. I loved it, went online to find out more, and before I knew it she had accepted an invitation to speak at the inaugural Do What You Love retreat back in 2011. Since then we have collaborated to create The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design, MOYO magazine and a very exciting new venture which will be revealed very shortly. Rachael is a constant source of inspiration – she is an absolute design genius, an incredibly hard worker, and someone who bubbles with positive energy  any time of day or night. In short she is a dream business colleague and I hope our collaboration will continue for many years to come. Today she shares a peek into her life as a thriving surface pattern designer and teacher. – Beth

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This is how Rachael describes herself: “I’m a surface pattern designer and illustrator known for a happy and quirky signature style. I’m lucky enough to run my own international design label along with working with a number of companies worldwide.”

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Published in Where Women Create Business! (PLUS book bundle giveaway!)

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Where Women Create Business magazine COVER

It is always exciting when a magazine drops through the door and you open it to find an article you wrote – and that was certainly the case when I received my copy of Where Women Create Business. This is the second issue of this fantastic magazine from Jo Packham (published by Stampington), which dives into the business wisdom behind some of the most exciting creative businesses out there, run by female entrepreneurs. If you would like a copy, check out our giveaway below!

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Welcome to the all new Do What You Love website!

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Welcome to the all new Do What You Love website! dwylhq1

After many months of brainstorming, note making, pondering, prototyping and tea drinking, we are thrilled to unveil our brand new website, designed to help you choose your path and change the world. We will be with you every step of the way.

Originally this site started as a blog, and then we added pages, and courses, and interviews, and all sorts of other bits and pieces, but the company grew faster than the website and it wasn’t a real reflection of who we are and what we do. Hopefully that is much clearer now with the new site, and you will find it much easier to navigate your way to all sorts of resources, advice and encouragement to help you do what you love for life. Please take a moment to start at the beginning – on the home page here – and see how it works for you.

Check out…

  • Our innovative system to help you find what you need to start doing what you love (answer the question here and follow the links to all sorts of resources and advice)
  • Our brand new newsletter ‘Love Mondays!’ designed to get your week off to a great start, and make every week count (If you aren’t on the list already, get on it via the sign up box at the top of the page)
  • Your invitation to take our flagship course ‘Do What You Love‘ (back by popular demand for the first time in over a year!) – now offered as a unique online experience and life change survival kit! Find out more here

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We have big plans for Do What You Love in 2013, including a brand new members’ area coming soon. We are so grateful to you for being part of this extraordinary journey. Stay tuned for more goodness in the coming weeks and months!

In celebration of the launch of the new site, we are doing a week of giveaways (see below) and sharing a brand new free resource ‘Zen for Ten’ – a free 10-step guide to help you take steps along the path to doing what you love. This was written during our six-month sabbatical in Japan. Please share it with anyone you think could benefit from it. Get yours HERE.

We want to inspire a movement of people doing what they love, and are committing to help you and others make the tough decisions and big leaps needed to do that, and then to stay inspired and on top of your game once you have done it. If you know of anyone who is stuck, unfulfilled, bored or feeling that there is more to life than what they are doing right now, please point them towards https://dev.dowhatyouloveforlife.com!

It’s your life. Live it!

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(PS Huge thanks to Jo Klima at The Darling Tree for all her work on our new site!)

GIVEAWAY!

All this week we are giving away cool prizes here on the blog to celebrate the launch of our new site. You can enter as many of the giveaways as you like – just pop back to the blog each day to enter:

Today’s giveaway PRIZE: Win a FREE PLACE on the Do What You Love e-course (starts October) worth GBP £109

TO ENTER: Take a look at the course description here and then pop back and leave a comment below explaining where you are in your journey right now and why the Do What You Love e-course would really benefit you at this point. Please be sure to include your full name and country in your comment. Then share a link to this giveaway on Facebook or Twitter including the words @DoWhatYouLoveXx #dowhatyoulove

DEADLINE: This giveaway will close at 12 noon GMT on Tuesday 13 August 2013. Any comments left after then will not be counted.  **THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED. FIND OUT WHO THE WINNERS ARE HERE**

THE SMALL PRINT: There will be one winner who will be chosen from the entries after the deadline, and announced on this blog shortly afterward. The competition is open to anyone over 18 anywhere in the world. There is no cash alternative. Our decision on the winner is final and no correspondence will be entered into. By entering you agree for your email address to be added to our mailing list but you can unsubscribe at any time.