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The reason failure is OK is because there are a variety of factors outside of your control, and your ability to succeed may or may not depend on that variable.
by EC1 13y ago
The reason failure is OK is because there are a variety of factors outside of your control, and your ability to succeed may or may not depend on that variable. Whether it did, you'll most likely never know.
The possibility of failure based extraneous conditions already makes failure OK.
My internet marketing business failed because Google changed their SEO guidelines and it shut me down. I did everything perfectly, or so I thought, and then it just happened. That's alright.
I think failure should be taken in context. Recently in a big project at a bank (absolute disaster of a project, most of us quit), I am seen as a failure because I do not spend my time after hours (unpaid) working, while the rest of my team does. Is this in my control? Yeah sure it is, but at the same time it isn't.
> On the flip side, if you failed - that failure acts as a noose going forward.
A personal fail is a form of personal victory, seen as failure by everyone else who isn't you.
- FD3SA 13y ago>I am seen as a failure because I do not spend my time after hours (unpaid) working, while the rest of my team does. Alas, your only failure was that you didn't manage to get your team to join you. Sadly, I know how hard it can be to prevent clueless people from self-destructing in a blaze of misguided martyrdom. People who devalue their time will forever be at the mercy of those who don't. What is the difference between engineers and doctors? Doctors viciously protect the value of their time across the board, with no exceptions. They ruthlessly enforce this through one of the most effective trades guilds of all time, the one and only American Medical Association. You did the right thing my friend, but unfortunately, you are stranded in a sea of clueless lemmings, who will jump off a cliff at the behest of their masters, for no additional compensation. In my opinion, rational engineers have resorted to entrepreneurship as a last ditch effort to capture some of massive value that they create which would otherwise go straight to the parasitic managers and executives.
- jessaustin 13y agoWhat would be required for "engineers" to form one or more trade guilds with the function of the AMA? (Although frankly you should talk to a few dentists; the AMA's got nothing on the ADA.)
- 001sky 13y agoA barrier to entry...like 7 years of med training ans state licensing...