On my first day, freshman year of college, my professor told me,

"Put down the scissors and pick up your xacto-knife. This is your new tool, for everything," he said.

He intention was to relay the message that using an xacto-knife over scissors when cutting materials was beneficial because of the precision control you have over the single blade versus trying to cut a perfect line with two blades (the scissors).

But my interpretation of these two simple sentences transformed a simple instruction into one of the most important life lessons that I have learned thus far.

My Interpretation :

Don't choose the normal way everyone else does things, do your research and find your own path to your goals.

I did not realize it until many years later, but my creative spirit has continued to refer to this guidance as something a little different but has and how it directly relates and influences the psychology behind my design.