great advice

I get these e-mails about design stuff from Behance, a creative network site, and there was this great piece of advice in one of their newsletters. I mean, we hear it all the time that we should take risks, especially as artists/makers, but this one really resonated with me. I am having this "ugly duckling" moment right now at work, where I feel like I am the only one of my kind and can't relate much to the other folks. But then I see these little glimmers—little presents—from strangers hidden in these digital bottles at sea that I think are fit to share and will hopefully inspire you guys too.