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My ex-boss, when prompted to write anything he liked, wrote an internal blogpost that was basically “life is about enduring failure after failure without letting it destroy you.” I thought it was bleak then, but as the years pass, I realize that it’s deeply life-affirming https://t.co/sST7NdGSYm
How is that affirming? It’s about deciding to get up and go again, knowing it’s going to hurt. Lots of people “deal” with the problem of failure by by adopting an overdefensive posture. It’s radical to just accept that life will kick your ass, and dare to live passionately anyway https://t.co/g2lxnEBM3c
It’s interesting to juxtapose this with the thin yet loud veneer of positivity you get with some people who exclaim optimism and then quit as soon as the going gets tough. Not to pass judgement, but just to appreciate the variance https://t.co/7VilzR4C0Y
One of the biggest tells that someone doesn’t know what they’re talking about: glossing over addressing resource constraints, or saying things that imply infinite resources. Effectively everything is resource-constrained, & seasoned practitioners are especially sensitive to this https://t.co/DZi8XbYQqx