Learning from failures – part 3

So let me tell you about the event that triggered me to write about failures.

At work one of our EROs collaborated with the company F**kup Nights. The mission of the company and the idea of the events is to embrace transparency, remove stigma from failures and improve productivity by creating safer work environments. I can relay to this mission, as I believe that the more “human” we are at work the better results we can bring together. And this all correlates with my coaching values very well too.

So, my failure story for the event was the one that actually became a trigger for the job search that at the end brought me to London (see previous couple of posts).

And as we can observe now that was some sort of luck to get that trigger, as it continues to bring positive things to my life, even 7-8 years after! Now I have a story to tell that might help other people and brings very interesting collaborations and connections to my life.

That is to the point that we don’t know what we don’t know, and we don’t know what’s behind the corner until we go and check. Yes, that is often not about comfort, but more about curiosity, exploration, reflection, and learning. And that brings growth, doesn’t it?

And also, to the point of introverts: introverts actually can be not too bad presenters (and humble), and it is in fact easier to present for an audience than for example to interrupt the round table discussion. And introverts can enjoy being among people, just for limited amount of time ;) just saying.