JOMO is the way | #98

The best way to beat FOMO

Nov 24, 2023

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It has been 3 months since I have been studying in Masters’ Union and the journey has been great. I have been learning a lot and meeting many great people here.

But in the last few weeks, I felt there were some people doing great things. Some of them were building their startups, posting pictures with great people, getting appreciation or going on outings. I felt I was left out. I felt FOMO. I felt whatever I was doing was useless.

But then I remembered Ankur Warikoo had written about a concept about JOMO: Joy Of Missing Out. I kept reflecting on that blog for some time.

When you miss out on something, you still have something else with you.

Ankur Warikoo

I realised I had a lot of things to be happy about and a few friends I could spend time with. There are different paths for different people and different goals for everyone. Social Media is not true every time. YOu may not know the hard work people have gone through to reach where they are now.

I recently listened to Nikhil Kamath’s WTF Podcast where he talks about ‘building an influence today’ with Nuseir Yassin, Ranveer Alliahbadia, Tanmay Bhat and Prajakta Koli. They gave advice to beginner content creators and I feel what they said can totally fit here. They said 3 things:

What do you have access to that nobody has access to?
What do you know better than your friend circle?
What is your unique access?

These will not totally fit you in some cases, but take the essence of the advice and go with having joy.

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WATCH

Morgan Housel is a partner and great writer at The Collaborative Fund and his book Psychology of Money has been a huge success. In this podcast, Tim Ferris interviews Morgan, where they talk about Warren Buffet’s secrets, being rich and anonymous, best financial assets, etc. Watch Here

READ

Beehiiv has grown a lot in the past 2 years and their journey has been a roller coaster. Here are 2 stories written by the founder of Beehiiv sharing their story of year 1 and year 2.
Year 1 and Year 2

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