The style of no style (part 2)

Okay my semi-faithful reader (yes I am talking to you specifically) last week I left you with quite a conundrum. How does Bruce Lee relate to writing advice? This week you get to hear the answer for the every day low price of free, but first we need learn a bit about Mr. Lee.
The man know as Bruce Lee first studied Wing Chung, a style of Kung Fu in China. The moment he began learn the style of Wing Chung he lost a bit of his fluidity. The moment he learned the to punch or kick he the Wing Chung way he lost the ability to see all the other ways in the hands and feet could be used as weapons. You could say the lessons in style stifled his creativity. Blah blah. <Insert Wikipedia page here>.
Blah blah. Bruce Lee realized that in this world there were many different marital arts that teach various aspects of fighting in different ways. Bruce decided that in order to become a great fighter he would study all aspects of fighting taught by the many styles. This led to, in the opinion of some, the beginning of mixed martial arts and the invention of his own style of marital arts.
And now we get to the important part. What does any of this have to do with writing? Well, as you probably know everyone is said to have their own style of writing. You also know to copy another writer's style is a grievous offense. You know also know there are common phrases everyone is told like “show don't tell.” You also know every genre has its own conventions, things that happen in a genre frequently. In order to become a truly great writer you must always be one the lookout for ways to improve your writing. You take in what you know will work for you and discard what does not.
That is the style of no style. You must always be look for ideas, advice, and maybe even plots that you like and then adding your own unique your own in order to produce the best possible book withou being unoriginal