I’ll Be Awesome At Lots of Things, Thank You Very Much

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1. FOCUS

2. SPECIALIZE

3. BE GOOD AT ONE THING

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7. INTERMEDIA

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11. CREATE ART IN THE SPACE WHERE DISCIPLINES OVERLAP

12. TRY

13. LEARN

14. BE GOOD AT LOTS OF THINGS

15. IS IT POSSIBLE?

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17. SPECIALIZATION IS A GOOD THING

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19. WHERE HAS OUR CURIOSITY GONE?

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21. SPOILER ALERT

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24. SPOILER OVER

25. “You’ll never be as good as someone who spends all

    their time on it.”

26. YOU DON’T KNOW ME

27. THAT’S OK.

28. “You don’t have to become a pro to get value

    from learning something.” PHILIP ROBERTS

29. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING?

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31. EVERY PROJECT IN EVERY INDUSTRY REQUIRES WORK OF VARYING DIFFICULTY

32. WHAT ARE YOU?

33. “A title has no business attempting to capture the seemingly

    infinite ways by which individuals evolve.” RANDS

34. BEYOND CATEGORY

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38. YOU ARE NOT A PIE

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44. THAT’S OK.

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49. CREATE ART IN THE SPACE WHERE COMMUNITIES OVERLAP

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52. LITERALLY EVERYTHING IS ABOUT PEOPLE

53. BRING YOUR WHOLE SELF TO WORK

54. “Do or do not. There is no try.” YODA

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56. TRYING IS VALID AND VALUABLE

57. IT REMINDS US WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A

    BEGINNER

58. WE MAY FAIL

59. “You’re not a real ______ unless you ____________” SOME JERK,

    PROBABLY NOUN ARBITRARY CONDITION
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61. WE DEFINE WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE GOOD

    AT

62. WE DECIDE WHAT MATTERS

63. “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very

    silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” HENRY VAN DYKE

64. PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF SO MUCH

65. TRY

66. LEARN

67. BE GOOD AT LOTS OF THINGS

68. THANK YOU Lynn Fisher @lynnandtonic