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Things Mentioned

Timeboxing
Pareto Principle - Last 20% of the work = 80% of the work
Your mind is like a muscle
Sean actually jumping into the cold ocean to gain some mental clarity (as filmed by some random stranger)
Drew Wilson's Secret Sauce (aka the tools he knows & uses well because he built them)
You don't need to know everything to be a developer
The Infinite Toolset, Craftsmanship, and Developer Sanity by Jonathan Cutrell
People who want to help you learn: Spec.fm Slack & Slashrocket & Code Newbie
A great place to start with javascript: Eloquent Javascript
Learn to read the source, Luke (read source code)
Backbone Annotated Source
Learn how to read & understand API's (video)
Here are some really awesome stories about Woz & the early days at Apple

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