Things I learned from TV shows
Veronica Mars
So much to learn from the sassy little blonde.
- Following people is a great way of finding out what they're up to. People just don't expect to be followed these days.
- Pretending to be someone else might be lying, but it's a good way of getting an important piece of evidence.
Gossip Girl
- Leave the scheming to the experts. If you think you might be able to pull off a complicated scheme against someone who does it regularly... you are fooling yourself. Chuck and Blair are experts - no one ever gets past them in the long run. Little J, Georgina, Vanessa, any number of other guest stars - all got smacked down.
- Money solves problems. Mostly. Ask Lily.
Friday Night Lights
Soooo many lessons to learn about teamwork, humility, sacrifice and friendship.
- But apart from those, FNL preaches the virtue of maximising your talent. If you're only ever going to be a mid-level player... be the best damn mid-level player you can be. If you've got the talent to be a superstar running back... then do the hard work to become that superstar. Coasting on your talent is wrong. You might be the best in your team - but are you the best you can be?
- Another lesson. Don't go searching for pics of Friday Night Lights because it will want to make you do an entire post of Friday Night Lights pics.
Fringe
- There is no limit to what you can achieve with creativity and ingenuity. Problems are solvable. Think of the impossible solution, and what it would take to make it possible. Start there.
- Never accept a free drink from a mad scientist.
Veronica Mars
So much to learn from the sassy little blonde.
- Following people is a great way of finding out what they're up to. People just don't expect to be followed these days.
- Pretending to be someone else might be lying, but it's a good way of getting an important piece of evidence.
Gossip Girl
- Leave the scheming to the experts. If you think you might be able to pull off a complicated scheme against someone who does it regularly... you are fooling yourself. Chuck and Blair are experts - no one ever gets past them in the long run. Little J, Georgina, Vanessa, any number of other guest stars - all got smacked down.
- Money solves problems. Mostly. Ask Lily.
Friday Night Lights
Soooo many lessons to learn about teamwork, humility, sacrifice and friendship.
- But apart from those, FNL preaches the virtue of maximising your talent. If you're only ever going to be a mid-level player... be the best damn mid-level player you can be. If you've got the talent to be a superstar running back... then do the hard work to become that superstar. Coasting on your talent is wrong. You might be the best in your team - but are you the best you can be?
- Another lesson. Don't go searching for pics of Friday Night Lights because it will want to make you do an entire post of Friday Night Lights pics.
- There is no limit to what you can achieve with creativity and ingenuity. Problems are solvable. Think of the impossible solution, and what it would take to make it possible. Start there.
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