We all compare. It’s how we learn and gauge progress. But there is a dark side to comparison. Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” How can we learn, measure progress without feeling like we are so far from our goals?
This + more! We’re going to introduce two new segments called “Pitch This” & “What I learned in design school”.
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02:16 Despair & Shame: The gap between the work that we think we are capable of doing versus what we create.
03:35 Q: Were there any other people that you could confide in?
04:16 Compare equals despair: why are you comparing yourself with people who have been doing this much longer?
05:24 Q: When did you start to feel comfortable with where you are on your journey?
08:04 Comparison breeds jealousy, measure your growth by how far you’ve grown.
09:53 Don’t mistake some else’s ending for your beginning
12:35 Comparing salaries takes all of the joy out of it.
14:31 Building Rapport: Learning through comparison
17:16 Comparing work to learn for personal growth vs comparing work for self-worth.
18:40 Deconstruct what makes the design great in order to get better.
22:55 A great designer brings you into the conversation.
23:07 Graphic Design Breakdown/Deconstruction
26:00 Using terms can be vague and lost in interpretation.
27:20 Mail Time! Chris reads mail sent from fans of the Futur.
37:45 Motion Design Submission
39:55 Finding your first design client webinar
41:10 Pitch This! Ben pitches to Chris. Chris pitches to Ben. Learn from the different styles of how to talk about and present your work.
45:40 Ben’s Pitch: The New Nautical
51:40 Helping them understand the design versus using design speak
52:32 Q: What’s the distinction between design speak and visual vocabulary?
53:40 Chris’s Pitch: Utilitarian X Fresh
56:50 Top level versus using specific visual words
59:30 Things I Learned in Design School. Chris assigns Ben an Artist/Designer to look up. This week it’s the father of Russian Constructivism Aleksander Rodchenko.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Rodchenko
1:13:55 Q: How do you create timeless design
1:16:15 Let go of trying to be original. Focus on becoming good.
Media References:
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Building Rapport – Tony Robbins
Aleksandr Rodchenko
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Designing For Print by Marina Poropat Joyce
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