Be Good At Lots of Things

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1. HELLO! Lynn Fisher @lynnandtonic

2. FOCUS

3. SPECIALIZE

4. BE GOOD AT ONE THING

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8. INTERMEDIA

9. INTERMEDIA

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13. CREATE ART IN THE SPACE WHERE DISCIPLINES OVERLAP

14. TRY

15. LEARN

16. BE GOOD AT LOTS OF THINGS

17. IS IT POSSIBLE?

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19. SPECIALIZATION IS A GOOD THING

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21. WHERE HAS OUR CURIOSITY GONE?

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23. SPOILER ALERT

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26. SPOILER OVER

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

    their time on it.”

28. YOU DON’T KNOW ME

29. THAT’S OK.

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

    from learning something.” PHILIP ROBERTS

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

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

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

36. “If there’s anything worse than a web designer who doesn’t

    know how to code, it’s a web designer who codes poorly!”

37. “Developers need designers, not bug making machines.”

38. “I’m not a developer and I wouldn’t want my code

    in production.”

39. WTF?!

40. “Our culture doesn’t support beginners.”

41. “I’m a bad teacher.”

42. “Do you only hire senior developers?”

43. CODE DOESN’T CARE WHO WROTE IT

44. WHAT ARE YOU?

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

    infinite ways by which individuals evolve.” RANDS

46. BEYOND CATEGORY

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50. YOU ARE NOT A PIE

51. “Don’t dilute someone’s skill set by trying to expand it,

    play to the strengths of your team”
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58. THAT’S OK.

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63. CREATE ART IN THE SPACE WHERE COMMUNITIES OVERLAP

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66. LITERALLY EVERYTHING IS ABOUT PEOPLE

67. BRING YOUR WHOLE SELF TO WORK

68. BRING YOUR WHOLE SELF TO WORK

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

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71. TRYING IS VALID AND VALUABLE

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

    BEGINNER

73. WE MAY FAIL

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

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

    AT

77. WE DECIDE WHAT MATTERS

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

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

79. PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF SO MUCH

80. TRY

81. LEARN

82. BE GOOD AT LOTS OF THINGS

83. THANK YOU Lynn Fisher @lynnandtonic