Hi! Welcome to our 19th newsletter! 💡learnshiv is here to make learning easy for you, whether it’s tech, social justice, or self-improvement content. In this constantly changing world, the only way to future-proof yourself is diversification, and that’s what I’m here to help you do.

Here’s what we’re talking about in this week’s newsletter:

• ✏️ Defining: Memristor, sanctuary city, positivity reflex

• 📒 Lesson Learned: Don’t compare yourself to others

• 🆓 Freebie: Check out my new + updated resume

• 💡Learnshiv Content: My webinar recap collab with RevGenius

💡 LESSON LEARNED

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in life is that comparison to other people is pointless. Here are three ways I stop myself from doing it:

1. I only compare myself to my past self. - A brilliant executive coach told me this last week, and I realized it’s what I’ve been doing. When I look at where I am now versus where I was five or ten years ago, I’ve noticed so many improvements. This is the only realistic comparison because when we compare ourselves to others, we’re missing so much context. There are too many moving parts to look at someone else’s life and say, “I wish I was like them,” or “I wish I had what they had,” or “I wish I was where they are in life.” First of all, why? And second of all, you’re ignoring all the context! We don’t all have the same starting point or situation, so how can we compare?

2. I only use others for inspiration. - With that being said, I do think it’s important to look to others for inspiration. You can absolutely be inspired by someone else’s career, life, or relationship while recognizing the limitations. I often look at other content marketers, models, or journalists and how they’ve accomplished their goals to mimic certain habits, brainstorm ideas, or see if I can apply their tactics to my own work. But I do this with context in mind. I’m well aware that we may live very different lives, but I can still get inspired by how someone has done something without focusing solely on the accolade itself.

3. I focus on what’s realistic for me. - All of this is to say, be realistic. Do I think you should dream big? Absolutely. But don’t beat yourself up along the way by comparing yourself to others and how they did things or opportunities that they had. It may take longer. You may pivot more. You may need a co-founder. There are a multitude of ways your journey will differ from someone else’s. So, I focus on what I can do today to get me closer to my dream. I know I won’t be able to go to my parents and ask for a big loan, for example. But what can I do? I can start a newsletter and work super hard to grow it. I’m not going to make myself feel bad that I’m “not where someone else is” because it’s simply not realistic.

💡 F R E E B I E

I recently redid my resume, and I thought maybe you’d all like to see it. This will be super helpful if you’re:

a) a content marketer or soon-to-be content marketer
b) want to know what a tech resume looks like
c) wondering what a good resume bullet point formula looks like

It took me years to get my resume to a good place, and I’m confident now that it’s why I got 50+ interviews last year. Feel free to send me any questions you have!

💡 LEARNSHIV CONTENT

I’m really happy that one of my webinar recaps was recognized by RevGenius (the company that ran the webinar!). They liked my recap so much that they decided to make it a blog post and have me as a contributor on their blog.

If you want to learn about Content Marketing Trends in 2024, specifically:

1. Next-level Customer Advocacy 

2. Brand Authenticity 

3. Saying Less Things But Better (And More Often)

4. Playing Offense in Marketing 

…then check out my recap on their blog! This is such a proud moment for me because RevGenius is exactly the type of company I wanted to be able to collab with when I started learnshiv. I hope this blog post is helpful!

Thanks for reading our 19th newsletter. I want you to be prepared for the ways in which our world may change and affect our lives, careers, relationships, and more in the future. 💡learnshiv is meant to share my three passions with you, share what I learn, and make your life easier by helping you learn, too, in a digestible way.

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Have a great week, and stay curious,

Shiv 💁🏽‍♀️