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

A talk from &yetConf, Richland WA.

Transcript

1. FOCUS
2. SPECIALIZE
3. BE GOOD AT ONE THING
7. INTERMEDIA
11. CREATE ART IN THE SPACE WHERE DISCIPLINES OVERLAP
12. TRY
13. LEARN
14. BE GOOD AT LOTS OF THINGS
15. IS IT POSSIBLE?
17. SPECIALIZATION IS A GOOD THING
19. WHERE HAS OUR CURIOSITY GONE?
21. SPOILER ALERT
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?
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
38. YOU ARE NOT A PIE
44. THAT’S OK.
49. CREATE ART IN THE SPACE WHERE COMMUNITIES OVERLAP
52. LITERALLY EVERYTHING IS ABOUT PEOPLE
53. BRING YOUR WHOLE SELF TO WORK
54. “Do or do not. There is no try.” YODA
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
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