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

A talk from &yetConf, Richland WA.

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1. FOCUS
   

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2. SPECIALIZE
   

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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
    

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12. TRY
    

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13. LEARN
    

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14. BE GOOD AT
    LOTS OF THINGS
    

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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
    

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25. “You’ll never be as good as someone
    who spends all their time on it.”
    

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26. YOU DON’T
    KNOW ME
    

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27. THAT’S OK.
    

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28. “You don’t have to become a pro to get
    value from learning something.”
    PHILIP ROBERTS
    

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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
    

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32. WHAT ARE YOU?
    

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33. “A title has no business attempting to
    capture the seemingly infinite ways by
    which individuals evolve.”
    RANDS
    

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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
    

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53. BRING YOUR WHOLE
    SELF TO WORK
    

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

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56. TRYING IS VALID
    AND VALUABLE
    

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

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58. WE MAY FAIL
    

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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
    

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62. WE DECIDE
    WHAT MATTERS
    

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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
    

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64. PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE
    OF SO MUCH
    

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65. TRY
    

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66. LEARN
    

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67. BE GOOD AT
    LOTS OF THINGS
    

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68. THANK YOU
    Lynn Fisher @lynnandtonic
    

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