For those who know me, I don’t think it would be a big surprise if I told them I am a bit of an introvert. I stumbled over a very interesting book review today on a book called The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World, and it looks very interesting. I’ve already added it to my Amazon wish list and will probably buy it pretty soon 😛
Tag Archives: Personal Growth
Failure should be an option
Just wanted to share a blog post I stumbled over on Seth’s blog. Since it was very short and very good (and I don’t want to lose it), I’ll just quote the whole thing here.
The flip side
It’s impossible to have a coin with only one side. You can’t have heads without tails.
Innovation is like that. Initiative is like that. Art is like that.
You can’t have success unless you’re prepared to have failure.
As soon as you say, “failure is not an option,” you’ve just said, “innovation is not an option.”
Good point and well said! Definitely something to think about. I’d say this applies both in software development and life in general. And probably in a lot of other areas you might think of 🙂
Professionalism and the Four-Way Test
- Is it the truth?
- Is it fair to all concerned?
- Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
- Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Most definitely something to ask yourself and to reflect upon once in a while; both in your profession and in general life.
Stress
Just watched a good video with Dr. Neil Nedley. Thought I could share 🙂 Among other things, he is talking about stress and handling stress. Some very interesting stuff in there and I really recommend that you watch it.
How to Increase your Cluefulness
Write, Think and Learn
Yesterday I stumbled over a blog post which linked to a very interesting paper about how to write more clearly, think more clearly and how to learn complex material more easily. I recommend that you read the whole thing!
Symptoms of Pride
Watching a talk called Studies on Anger, Resentment, and Forgiveness. Very good stuff. In there he mentions a list of symptoms of pride. They are from a book by William Backus called What Your Counselor Never Told You.
Like he says, if you have these symptoms, especially if you have several of them, you should watch out. You may have pride, and soon you might also find yourself with a wounded pride, which will bring emotional health issues into your life; resentment, hostility, anger, et cetera.