It was interesting that Roy said to us, even though he's been in this business for 30 years, they are learning something new about management of fires every day.

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The lesson here is simple and poignant: you never know where or in what setting your passions will be discovered, and so you must allow yourself the opportunity to explore and take the risk of learning something new.

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And since eating better, taking control of personal finances, traveling more and learning something new regularly top the list of New Year's resolutions, we've pulled together some of our best tips and tricks across Google to make 2013 the year you succeed with your goals.

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Whatever the reasons, the stress on multiple disciplines, on crediting what people already know and moving people through new learning quickly, and on teaching something within the context of its relevance are all good ideas.

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Author Cathy Davidson, defines learning as being a constant disruption of an old pattern, a breakthrough that substitutes something new for something old in a cyclical process.

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