Failing is inevitable and a very normal part of anyone's career.

Failing is inevitable and a very normal part of anyone's career.

It's unrealistic to think you'll never fail. It's a fantasy that we all buy in to.

You will fail, you will fail, you will fail. Repeat after me.

Have you failed? Maybe you:

? Received unfavorable feedback from a supervisor or colleague

? Got let go from a job or company

? Navigated the job search longer than expected and getting rejection after rejection

If we can normalize failure maybe, just maybe, it will be easier to move from with purpose.

In fact, maybe we can celebrate failure like designers do. When designers build prototypes of products and then test it in the market place they want to fail so that they can learn from it to then build a better product.

Meaning:

? When you get unfavorable feedback, what if it actually really is the data you need to be more effective in your job?

? When you're let go from a job, it's the change you actually needed so you can find something better?

⛰️ When you're in a job search for much longer than you anticipated and getting rejections left and right, you realize this is a moment to push yourself to persevere and keep going, even when you don't want to. THIS builds your agency and shows you that you can actually overcome anything.

These are gifts that are underneath the pain, annoyance, and frustration of failure, they are the underbelly.

You can either ignore these gifts and keep focusing on the pain (which will get you nowhere), or you can embrace these gifts and fail forward, just like designers do.

What had been your biggest career failure?