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52 Things I Learned: 2024

"You will not laugh! You will not cry! You will learn by the numbers! I will teach you!" - Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Full Metal Jacket

The Overwhelming Noise

"External things are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now." - Marcus Aurelius

Your Goal Broke the System

"Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook." - Julia Child

Rethinking Reading

"I say never be complete. Stop being perfect. I say let's evolve, let the chips fall where they may." —Tyler Durden

Ignore All Previous Instructions

"I say never be complete. Stop being perfect. I say let's evolve, let the chips fall where they may." —Tyler Durden

The Board, Revisited

"You want to get out of the hole? First you’re going to have to put down the shovel." -Rick Dicker, Incredibles 2

Fixed Growth

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” - Oogway, Kung Pu Panda

Less

"It's important to think. It's what separates us from lentils." - Jack Fisher, The Fisher King

Firestarters

"A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it." - Marcus Aurelius.