Design is 70% deal­ing with peo­ple, 3% the idea, 2% sell­ing the idea, 2% the brief, 2% being pig headed, 1% print­ing, 3% eye for detail, .6% invoices, 2% cof­fee, .7% track­ing, .1% warm glow, .6% panic, 1% 4am, .6% star­ing, .2% check­ing, 1% let­ting go, .8% keep­ing hold, .7% esti­mates, .3% check­ing, .4% proofs, .1% colour, .9% under­stand­ing, .4% mar­ket­ing, 1% check­ing, .8% beach ball, .5% mice, .3% keynotes, .4% per­sua­sion, .2% brag­ging, .5% smil­ing, 2% know­ing when to stop.

Quote from designer Tina Roth Eisen­berg (of swiss­miss) who is in turn quot­ing Duane King (who him­self is not tak­ing credit for the list). Nev­er­the­less, I like it.

via @zambonini