Learn to ignore and overlook many things if you truly want happiness in life  because the *easiest way to a miserable life is to think that everybody is talking about you.*

Never allow anyone to steal your joy from you.

*What people say behind your back is none of your business as long as you are true to yourself. Never worry yourself about that.*

Sometimes minding your own business does not keep people out of your business.

No matter your situation in life people will always talk. You can never stop people from talking about you, what you can do is to stop giving them what to talk about.

*There is a time limit for every rumor in life. Never allow freelance broadcasters put your life on hold. Do what makes you happy. Anyone who cannot feel your pain, has no right to judge you in life.* Seventy percent of those who talk bad about you behind your back, wish to be like you.

When people can't be like you they try to bring you down and condemn what you have. *Those without money will sarcastically say money is not everything in life. (Is poverty anything?) **

Never allow anyone to put you in a position of depression and self pity in life. *Those whose life has no joy will always find every means to remove happiness from other people's life. **

 If there is the GRACE of GOD in your life, then enemies are inevitable. If no one has ever gossiped or talked bad about you, it means nothing good has ever happened to you.

*Never feel bad when old friends become new enemies. They are just tired of pretending to be friends.*

Never allow the opinions of people who didn't see your tears stop your laughter in life. *You don't owe anybody an explanation to be happy.*

Never see yourself through the eyes of those who don't value you.
*To be beautiful means to be yourself. To stand out is to be out-standing. You do not need to be accepted by others. You just need to accept yourself.*

Never beg anyone to accept you for who you are. Anything you acquire through begging will require begging to maintain or retain.

*Be humble but selective. Being selective doesn't mean you are arrogant or proud. It simply means you know your worth. If you are conscious of your personality avoid too much familiarity.*

Sometimes when you treat people too much like celebrities, they end up treating you like an ordinary person. You are equally important.

Never downgrade yourself while trying to upgrade anybody in life. Anyone who sees you like an option doesn't deserve to be a priority in your life.

*The dream of a fool is for everybody to become a bloody fool like himself.  Avoid negative people if you have a dream. Those without mission will say your vision is just an illusion.*

Negative minds will never give you a positive life. Anyone who is always reminding you about what is wrong with you has a personal problem which he/she wants to take out on you.

*Most people spend half of their entire life analysing the faults in other people's life, when their own lives need urgent repairs.*

Never worry yourself about enemies and friends, because everybody in your life will eventually fall into one of the two categories.

*Some will hate you and some will love you. Loving you or hating you are both in your favour. When people love you, you live peacefully and happily in their hearts,  and when people hate you, you become the landlord in their head living painfully in their brain everyday and giving them headache.*

The best awaits you. God richly bless you.
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*HAVE A BLESSED WEEK* ❤

24 SELF DEVELOPMENT TIPS

1. Make friends with successful people and occasionally buy them gifts and surprise them with lunch because successful people always give and hardly get, so when you give them, they value the gift a lot.

2. Get a mentor and follow his instructions and respect the relationship. Never beg your mentor for money or disrespect his or her privacy.

3. Make new positive friends as often as possible and ensure you keep the communication line open. Create a network of friends and not just connections.

5. Show kindness to everyone. Some small boys today will be big boys tomorrow. The biggest dog in the neighbourhood was once a puppy. Keep the information/secret to yourself.

6. Always plan ahead and be proactive. He that plans the future works less in the future.

7. Listen to speeches and messages from great teachers, both religious and educational.

8. Attend seminars and trainings on any area you need to improve yourself - Train the trainer, personal development, public speaking, sales etc.

9. Have the habit of keeping a pen and a writing pad handy because ideas come in the form of flashes. The smallest pen is bigger and better than the biggest brain.

10. Make sure at every point in time you are reading a book. If you spend 20 minutes reading daily, for 52 weeks you would have consumed 1,000,000 words.

11.Stay away from television as much as possible. You can watch educational channels. Men with big TV sit in front of them to watch men with big libraries.

12 Put control over your mouth; never say evil of any man; what you are not certain of should not be said. Say good of all men.

13. Always show appreciation for any good deed you received.

14. Always help someone in need.

15. Live a debt free life. What you can’t pay cash for is not your size.

16. Give out loans that you can part with as gift, so that you don’t destroy your business and relationship.

17. Create legitimate multiple sources of income.

18. Save at least 10 percent of your income.

19. Invest a portion of your income, and be patient to see it grow. If what you have in your hands is not good to be called a harvest then it’s a seed; sow it.

20. Keep a good financial record of all income and expenses, so you won’t ask later “where did my money go”

21. Be involved in community service- Control traffic, free lesson class for students etc.

22. Keep getting better on your daily goals and dream, develop yourself on them and make sure you get to the top 10 % of your industry.

23. Make sure you engage in physical exercise. It keeps your brain alert and your body fit to enjoy your success.

24. Pray often, and know that for every success, God made it possible.

Wishing you the very best in life. Practice what you just read, and see the difference your life would record in 2 years.

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From Mr Adeyeye.👍👍👍

7 business opportunities for graphic designers

Business Opportunities for Graphic Designers 

As a graphic designer,the amount you can make as a professional has no limit especially if you know how to generate income through business ideas. Many designers does not know how to generate income with their talent, because they fail to tap into the resources they have. 

To earn more money with graphic design, you have to look inward to other things that you can do, apart from only design that still go hand in hand with graphic design. You can acquire more skills to complement your graphic design skill or go into business that relate to graphic design.

As a graphic designer you can venture into the following business to earn more money;

1. Graphic  Design Training 

As a graphic designer that have an  in depth knowledge of design by using Adobe Suite, Coreldraw etc, offering graphic design training is one of the best way you can use to make money. There are people that want to learn design as part-time job or people that just want to have knowledge of it or that doesn't have money to go to design school, and if they know that you can train them, then you can make money from it as an instructor. It can be classroom training depending on their number or one on one as the case may be

2. Greeting Cards

Design and sale of greeting cards is also one of the best way you can use to make money as graphic artist, since you are designer that can design card for clients, why not design cool and beautiful greeting cards for birthday, graduation ceremony, wedding anniversary and so on, then print them and sell  it your self or look for somebody that can help you to market them.

3. Teach Graphic Design Online

I talked about graphic design training earlier, for people around your neighborhood. Here is another way to make money as graphic designer, write out some of the steps to get some design done and post it online for sale. In this case you are reaching out to different people across the word and you are still making your money. Many people are out there that want to learn design on their own and some designer that get stuck with a project that need a break through. Having it online will help them and it will also earn you cool money. 

4. Video Coverage and Video Editing

It is not advisable to limit yourself to only graphic design as I point out in my introduction paragraph, Since those that are into video coverage always work with graphic designers, then with your knowledge of graphic design, you can learn video editing if not video coverage and let people know that you can do video editing. You can get people that can do video cover for you and you will be the one that will do the editing, with this you will still generate more money as video editor.

5. Creating Montage

As a graphic artist another thing that will help you generate more money for your business is to create montage for video production companies. Since you are graphic designer and you are also video editor then creating montage is another way to get more money. You can also be a freelancer for video production company and they will be paying per hour or per project, depends.

6. Printing 

As a designer you can start your own printing press by buying machine to print your clients work out as soon as you finish them. Though you might not be able to buy the big machine for the real printing press at start, but you can start from small one and as time goes on, if you make it a priority you will get there. Printing some of your work after design will earn you more money at the end of the day.

7. Printing materials 

Lastly, as a designer you can start selling printing materials for your colleagues and other people who might be in need of it. this is another way to make money as a graphic designer.

This is just only seven business opportunities for you as graphic designer, there are many more, depends on where you are and how far you can go. I just write out these to let you know that as a designer you have endless means of making money.

Letter to request for design and printing works

Your Company Address 

  

Receiver Address

Dear Sir/ Madam,

REQUEST FOR DESIGN AND PRINTING WORK

Your Company, is an outstanding graphic design, web design and prints company. We have been designer for companies for year, and we always design according to their goals, objectives and target audience. That is why they are still coming to us every time, because we always do their design from inception to the final production.

We will be glad to be your design and prints company, and as soon as we finish your design, it will be giving to you as soft or hard copy for final approval before we make ready the final delivery. Below are what we can do for you:

Logo design

Brochure and Report designs

Presentations

Displays

Business cards

Banners

Greeting and invitation cards

Letterhead paper design and print

Certificate design and print

And many more…

Thank you very much for your time and we will be looking forward to work with you. Please feel free to call me at 000011119998888 or email me on company@gmail.com for more inquiry and I will follow up a meeting at your convenience.

Sincerely

Name

For: Company Ltd

Logo proposal

Since  graphic  design  is  methodology  of  visual  communication,  and  problem solving  through  the  use  of  type,  space  and  images. Therefore,  we  use  various  methods  to  combine  words,  symbols,  and  images  to create  visual  representation  of  your  ideas  and  messages.  We  may  use  a  combine typography,  Visual  arts  and  page  layout  techniques  to  produce  final  result.  We often  refer  to  both  the  process  (designing)  by  which  the  communication  is  created and  the  products  (designs)  which  are  generated.  Some  of  our  graphic  designs include  identity  (logo  and  branding)  publications  (magazines,  newspapers  and books)  prints  advertisement,  posters,  billboards,  website  graphics  and  elements, signs  and  products  packaging.  We  will  develop  a  product  package  that  will  include logo  or  other  artwork,  organized  text  and  pure  design  elements  such  as  images, shapes  and  color  which  will  unify  the  piece.
These  are  the  procedures,  before  we  commence  on any  project  and  I  will  take  my  time  to  break  it  down  as  best  as  I  can.

Project Name                                                                       Logo design    
Contact Details                                                                    Your company contacts
Project Summary                                                                To design logo for Company Ltd 
Deliverable include:                                                            Primary logo design 
                                                                                              Alternate logo lock-ups 
                                                                                              2-4 pages logo and brand identity usage  
                                                                                              guidelines 

QUOTES                                                                            AMOUNT (#) 
Logo design for Company Ltd                                           #10000 
Payment Breakdown 
Deposit                                                                               #6000 
Balance                                                                              #4000 
Discount Option: Full Amount Upfront                               #9200 

PAYMENT DETAILS 
Deposit and Final Payment 
I tend to seek full payment up front due to the fragile and precarious nature of releasing and showing unique ideas prior to being paid. If you are happy to pay full amount, please let me know. 
A percentage will be deducted from the payment if full payment is made upfront as I mentioned above 
If full payment is not appropriate, then minimum of 50-70% is usually required. This routine and has unfortunately been born through necessity.  
The final balance is due toward completion of the project when the logo has been approved. Only when the final payment has been received will any requested digital files be released. 
Only on this final payment will full right to logo design to be transferred. 

Payment required to secure a project 
I can only secure this project to my schedule on receipt of the deposit. If there is any kind of delay at this point, other projects may take priority. This is not to pressure you in any ways, it’s just so you know where you stand in term of scheduling. 
Once deposit is received, I will alert you the payment and further information in preparation for the start of the project. 
Payment Methods 
Preferred method is bank transferred. If you have another method of payment you would like to use then please, by all means suggest this. 

OWNERSHIP, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK & LEGAL 
Ownership and copyright 
All the preparation materials, sketches, visuals, including the electronic files used to create the project remain the property of Company Ltd. The final artwork/digital files will become the property of the client mentioned in this proposal ONLY upon the final payment of the project. 
If final payment is NOT received as agreed, and set out in the initial proposal, all the design and concepts will remain the property of Company Ltd. 
If there are issues with final payment, I reserve the right to reuse or amend any of these ideas for other clients or to be used freely as concepts in my portfolio. 
Should the client attempt to use/modify/alter/replicate or steal any of my ideas without making agreed final payment, I will take immediate legal counsel 
Company Ltd reserves the right to show any artwork, ideas, sketches created for this project in a portfolio as examples of client work. This can be during the project and also on completion of. If you have any specific ‘secrecy/stealth mode’ requirements, please mention this before agreeing to the proposal. 
Final payment ensures that ONLY the agreed logo design becomes the clients property. Any previous ideas/concepts remain the property of Company Ltd, unless any prior agreement has been made. 
Trademark & Copyright 
Due to lengthy and often costly procedures required to initiate any form of Trademark, Copyright and Legal name search, I am unable to provide any practical help with this. 
If you require the logo to be registered as a trademark, then you must seek proper legal advice. 
Brand Naming 
You take full responsibility for ensuring that the company/product/name is legally free/available before work is started. Should any legal issue arise with the naming after the project has been completed, no refunds are possible, neither am I legally responsible for any problems thus arising. 
Please ensure the name you are using is free and legally safe to use before committing to a logo project. 
Project name changes during a project are exceptionally costly, and challenging to implement, and cause significant delay. 
If a change of name is required mid-way during a project, and significant logo exploration work has already presented, then I will have no choice but to recalculate the total cost of the project, to allow for the reworking involved. In some case this can be as much as double the initial agreed cost. 
Please ensure that the name you are using has been: subject to appropriate checks, is not in use by someone else, and/or infringes on any other registered trademark, business name etc. 

CANCELLATION 
Cancellation during the Project 
If you choose to cancel the project midway through the project, where ideas and proposals have been submitted, refund of previous payments is not possible. However, depending on the work completed and overall budget, a portion of the funds ‘may’ be returned. 
If I fall ill, or am unable to complete the project due to unforeseen circumstances, a portion of the overall budget will be returned. In most cases the complete amount will be refunded. If any works, so far completed, can be used for another designer to pick up, then a percentage will be refunded based on work completed or any other reasonable suggestion will be considered. 
Project Suspension 
I sincerely request you to trust me to do the job you are paying me to do. That you will take on board my suggestions, ideas, to be in your interests. 
I am not an art-worker, and therefore, I will not tolerate any form of micro-managing, or forced art direction during development of the project. 
I reserve the right to suspend any project if a client: interferes with excessive micromanaging, demonstrates a continued lack of trust and inability to move forward after showing more than a reasonable number of unique logo ideas/concepts, and/or shows reluctance in paying the final payments. 
Fair notice will be given with fair chance to remedy the situation without resorting to project suspension or termination. Any suspension, or termination, will not result in any refunds and all designs and works thus developed remain the full ownership of Company Ltd. 
LASTLY 
If you are unhappy about the progress of the project, feel we are not finding an appropriate angle, then please discuss this with me. I would encourage you to call rather than email, I am very easy going and even easier to talk to. 
It is crucial that we are both completely clear about the objectives and aims before commencing. Now is the time to be open with your thoughts, doubts and/or concerns. 
Once you have signed and filled in the details below, please scan or photograph and email back to: conpany@gmail.com. 
Once you have signed and sent back this proposal, please arrange the first payment so that we can get started with the project. Until this payment is received, I cannot book your project in, and other jobs may take precedence in this time. 
I thoroughly look forward to working with you on this project and very much appreciate you reaching out to me for your creative needs.

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