Failure sounds so scary, but it’s an essential...

Failure sounds so scary, but it’s an essential component in the human learning process. Without it, we aren’t genuinely pushing the boundary of our comfort zone." "" "Whenever I go skiing, I want to fall at least once. I want to control that fall as much as possible, but I’m not pushing myself hard enough if I’m not tumbling down the mountain at least once. The same applies to my work." "" "Failures are incredible learning moments, as long as you’re paying attention. Recall the moments just before the fall, and piece out exactly what happened. Identify the root cause of the failure, and think through how to ensure it won’t happen again. Did you not lean far enough back in your ski boots on that turn?" "" "In software engineering environments, the typical learnable failure moment is after a significant outage. How could it have been avoided? Take the time to investigate and determine the root cause and plan remediations that can foreclose the possibility of a reoccurrence. " "" "Failure is inevitable and frankly desired, as it indicates being at one’s current boundary of skill. By touching that boundary often and learning from those experiences, you expand your own abilities #bendevtip

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