Today in class we saw two videos that were very different from each other. Video by Stefan Sagmeister talks about the key to happiness and video two by Elizabeth Gilbert talks about ego and well being. Two of these video were very unusual but infact interesting.
Stefan Sagmeister described his observation about happiness. In this video he compared two people, turns out that making more or equal to $50,000 annually made no significant difference to happiness. The key factor to being happy is being about to verbalize or expressing your thoughts and have true friends. Sagmeister is not only a designer but a magician, what i mean by that is that he can turn something so boring dull into something brilliant. He has a very keen way thinking and you can really see it in all his work especially the Jewish Museum. In this campaign he developed not only the ads, logo, look and feel.. He even created his own font for the Museum which i found impressive.
Elizabeth Gilbert the writer of pray, love and eat. When she finished that book, a lot of people came up to her and ask ” how are you going to top this one now?” “aren’t you afraid that none of your work thereafter can be as good as this one” because it was such a wonderful book. Her response is that we should not just focus on ourselves especially our ego. She explained that a lot of people just think about “me,me and me”. By worrying about how your next piece is going to be you’re already losing half the battle. Instead release some of the stress by imagining yourself as a deliver. Your job is only to deliver and that creativity and wisdom is something that comes from an unimaginable source. That way you dont have to waste your energy worrying but have 100 percent attention towards your project.
overall, these speakers came from very different backgrounds but yet they are very successful. both of these speakers has very different views of life but they both works. Out of the two, my favorite speaker would be Elizabeth Gilbert. i have learned a lot from her “TED TALK” because I always stressed about times that i cant think of anything creative for my project. I always blame myself but according to her i shouldn’t. I should be patient and soon enough the “wisdom god: is going to come to me.
