Be A Beginner

There’s two sides to your career: starting out fresh and new, looking to senior folks on your team, and slowly becoming one of those senior folks. The important thing to remember is that no matter where you are in your career, EVERYBODY is faking it to the best of their ability. We are problem solvers, and we’re solving problems that have never been solved before. This talk will focus on how to be successful by thinking like a beginner. Be curious, take deliberately small steps, and explain things without assumptions. You’ll be amazed how much easier everything will become.

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1. be a beginner jeff blankenburg
2. @jeffblankenburg
10. be a beginner
11. I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
12. what is a beginner?
14. so what is an expert?
20. 8 hours a day 10,000 hours / 8 = 1,250 days 260 work days a year 1.250 / 260 = 4.81 years
22. Kobe
23. Tim Berners-Lee
24. Bill Carlos Amancio Larry Warren Charles David Christy 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Gates Slim Helu Ortega Ellison Buffet Koch Koch Walton
25. what are you an expert at?
29. what does it mean to be a beginner?
30. expectations
35. excitement
43. 182 seconds
44. exercise
45. It’s a funny thing… The more I practice, the luckier I get. Arnold Palmer
59. experimentation
63. expert
73. be a beginner
77. thank you.