Why you should embrace FOMO

In this issue: Most common misunderstanding of what teaching is, a simplifying tool I use often in my metaphors, what people remember most about us, and how to escape the feeling of missing out

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PJ Milani
September 17, 2024

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The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

ā€“ Mark Van Doren

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šŸ“ DESIGN

A quick tip to simplify a metaphor:
Play with the AMOUNT of an element in the visual.

Itā€™s a helpful way to frame an idea so its meaning is more easily understood by the reader.

To start, try this:

Visual metaphor by milaniCREATIVE.art comparing the burden of discipline, represented by multiple small kettlebells, with the burden of regret, shown as a single large kettlebell, illustrating the difference in weight and impact between daily discipline and long-term regret.

Multiply the quantity of the objectā€¦

Illustration by milaniCREATIVE.art comparing the value from a goal, represented by a single diamond, with the value from a system, illustrated as a cluster of multiple crystals, emphasizing the greater rewards from systems over individual goals.

ā€¦or scale its size.

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šŸ”® ENCHANTING 

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It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.

ā€” Helen Walton

No one will remember how much you made.
But the people that matter most will remember your integrity.

šŸ§  ANALOGY

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Missing outā€™ is what makes our choices meaningful.

-Oliver Burkeman

One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite books, ā€œ4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortalsā€ by Oliver Burkeman.

Embrace the joy of missing out by focusing on what truly matters and saving your energy for what counts.

šŸ¤“ WHAT Iā€™M READING NOW

Iā€™ve been loving the creative and delightful anthology of visual storytelling from New York Times blog illustrator, Christoph Niemann.

Abstract City ā†— is a wide ranging set of visual stylings, going from a childā€™s obsession with the New York subway to Christophā€™s love-hate relationship with coffee, using all kinds of materials to conceptualize visual thinking.

Lego missteps

sleep is complicated

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