bails

i have a mild addiction to the office

[bails @bailey_dunkin25]

All God asks of us is to live the best life we can with what we are given

[Brian Scally @Brian_Scally]

I would be unstoppable with this level of confidence #Survivor

[Zach @ZachNewYork]

Bhanu: “I’m going home but I’m going to tell my story.” #Survivor

Everyone:

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Caitlin Clark getting Travis Scott in the state of Iowa might be more impressive than the scoring record

[bails @bailey_dunkin25]

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[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

Got to play shows for some of the most generous crowds this weekend in Minneapolis ☺️☺️☺️ Loved every second of it. Thanks to everyone there. And now we’re soo close to Speak Now (my version!) Only 1️⃣2️⃣ days left! See you next weekend Cincinnati!

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

James Cameron has written & directed 3 of the top 4 highest-grossing movies of all time (Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Titanic).

Before he made movies, Cameron was a truck driver.

He didn't go to film school.

Instead, on the weekends, he would go to the library and..

"I'd pull any thesis that [University of Southern California] graduate students had written [on] anything that related to film technology," Cameron explained.

"And for the cost of xeroxing (photocopying), I [got] all these doctoral dissertations [and] build up these big binders on how everything was done."

"So I literally gave myself a full graduate course on film technology for about $120.

I didn’t have to enroll in school because it was all there in the library. I’d set it up to go in like I was on a tactical mission, find out what I needed to know, and take it all home."

Takeaway 1:

When asked what motivated him to read those big binders full of information on filmmaking, Cameron said he was just following what excited him.

"People seek out the information and knowledge they need," he said. "It's like a divining rod."

The mythologist Joseph Campbell similarly talked about how reading is like "a divining rod," a way to find what you are uniquely attracted to and meant to do.

"You’ve got to read," Campbell said. "Find [what] excites you. And if it doesn’t excite you…It’s not yours.”

Takeaway 2:

Of course, at some point, Cameron had to put the binders down and pick up a camera.

When he eventually attempted to make his first movie, Cameron said, “It was a bit like a doctor doing his first appendectomy after having only read about it."

The bestselling author and learning expert, Scott Young, has a great article with a great title, "Do The Real Thing."

"When you examine case studies of people who have had major accomplishments," Scott writes, "you expect there to be some trick or shortcut...More often, however, the strategy used is dead simple: doing the real thing."

Takeaway 3:

Leonardo da Vinci used to sign off his letters, “Leonardo da Vinci, disscepolo della sperientia” ("disciple of experience").

He used to believe that one learns best by solely "doing the real thing."

Over time, however, he evolved out of this belief and, biographer Walter Isaacson writes, "became a disciple of both experience and received wisdom."

When you examine case studies of people who have mastered their craft, you usually find they are "disciples of both experience and received wisdom."

Like Cameron, they read the library and they do the real thing.

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“Those who are in love with practice without theoretical knowledge are like the sailor who goes onto a ship without rudder or compass and who never can be certain whither he is going.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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[TwoBrosAndARose @TwoBrosAndARose]

The women after Gabi got back from her date #TheBachelor

[Barstool ISU @BarstoolISU]

Very, very tough week

[august @winestainedtay]

ticketmaster be like “we did not expect this many people” as if they didn’t send out the codes

[bails @bailey_dunkin25]

I promise we are logged in

[Klaire Jungling @klairejungling]

@Ticketmaster @TMFanSupport I’m signed in, why does this pop up every time I choose seats?? I need my Taylor tickets!!

[Klaire Jungling @klairejungling]

@Ticketmaster @TMFanSupport I’m signed in, why does this pop up every time I choose seats?? I need my Taylor tickets!!

[Barefoot Ames @BarefootAmes]

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[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

This was just flagged for unnecessary roughness.

Football will be 2-touch before we know it.

[JUMEX 🪶 @vmpchriis]

normalize letting me talk without making any sense

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[laura @taylorsfilm]

they ruined cassie’s character MY cassie from season one would have never embarrassed me this much 😣

[deavin ッ︎ @DeavinMyatt]

IM READY FOR LAKE DAYS
IM READY FOR SUNBURNS
IM READY FOR TAN LINES
IM READY FOR BACKROADS
IM READY FOR WINDOWS DOWN
IM READY FOR BLASTING MUSIC
IM READY FOR SUMMERRRR :)))

[relatable @byreIatable]

Me: I desperately need to pass this test

Me: *doesn’t study*

[bails @bailey_dunkin25]

parks and rec is cute, but have you seen the office👀