I Design 10x Faster Than Most Designers

People think I move fast because I’m impatient.
They’re wrong. I move fast because I hate waste.

Design isn’t slow because it’s hard - it’s slow because people make it hard. Endless meetings, ego feedback loops, and “creative rituals” that look productive but aren’t. Most of it is performance. None of it builds momentum.

When you build inside startups, you stop romanticizing slowness. You learn that speed = survival. Every week you delay, someone else ships. Every debate about color is another user lost.

I don’t chase perfection anymore. I chase signal. I want designs that work. That raise money. That solve real problems. That make the next decision obvious. Everything else is theatre.

I don’t believe in “creative genius.” I believe in systems, loops, and learning speed. You build. You test. You adapt. That’s how rockets fly, products grow, and startups survive.

Speed in design isn’t about chaos - it’s about removing drag. Decisions. Feedback loops. Egos. Every ounce of friction slows the mission.

And here’s the part most people never say out loud: I use a ton of resources and assets. Templates, mockups, visual graphic assets, frameworks - all of it. If it saves time and adds value, I’m in. Because at the end of the day, those resources help me build things that matter - decks that win investors, products that solve user problems, and brands that actually grow.

I’m always thankful to the creators who make these smart, useful tools. May God give them long life, more time and even faster Wi-Fi.

The top 1% don’t romanticize struggle. They optimize it. Tools are multipliers. Systems are leverage. Using them isn’t cheating - it’s how you compound advantage. You can spend a decade building with your hands, or you can learn to build with intelligence. The outcome is what history remembers.

“It doesn’t matter where something originates; we’re coming together to make something great.” - Jefferson Cheng, Brand Designer, Figma

“All capability can be leveraged with the right kind of leadership.” - Liz Wiseman

I’ve seen ugly designs outperform “beautiful” ones just because they reached users first. I’ve seen startups raise millions from decks built in one night because they nailed the story, not the gradients.

Execution always beats intention.

If you want to move faster:

• Use reusable components, not ego-driven reinvention.

• Time-box your thinking - creativity expands to fill the space you give it.

• Let feedback guide you, not slow you.

• Always design toward a measurable outcome.

• Design toward real metrics.

• Don’t wait for perfect data - make small bets fast.

• Build, learn, repeat.

Most people think slow means thoughtful. It doesn’t. It just means scared.

I design fast because I’ve lived in places where slow means dead and once you’ve built with that kind of urgency, you never unlearn it.

Let’s build what matters.

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