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July 19, 2022July 15, 2022 Grow From Failures

A Positive Attitude and Finding Hidden Gems

Sometimes a story is full of lessons without having a well-defined core. There are many players, and the successful have a positive attitude. This trend supersedes mistakes, errors, and even bad luck. We look at one of those complex situations in this episode. There are many mistakes made, and they all are overcome by being focused on success rather than listing ways we can fail. A Positive Attitude In The Face Of Adversity This story does not start with a situation and players that lead one to expect success. On the contrary, this seems like a recipe for disaster. Likewise, abject failure would not be a surprise and was likely expected by many. The difference-maker in this story is that... Read more

July 14, 2022July 5, 2022 Grow From Failures

Trust But Verify – Avoid Business Assumptions

There are multiple lessons to learn from this little debacle of a story. However, trust but verify seems to be the best summation. We have to assume a lot in business. There are levels of acceptance and expectance both from vendors and customers. While those base metrics can be helpful, they are not always guaranteed. Logically Skeptical – Trust But Verify The challenge with some of the rules mentioned above of thumb is that they can be used against us. The effect is not much different from other forms of “surprise” negotiation tactics. These are the attempts to get us on our heels just when we think we made it across the finish line. We have pointed to protective measures... Read more

July 12, 2022July 3, 2022 Grow From Failures

Know Who You Work For – Lines Are Not Always Clear

Clarity and communication are common themes in our improvement episodes. Those are most important when you need to know who you work for. Which master do you serve? The mistake highlighted this time is among many in a situation gone wrong. It also shows how some oversights or missteps can open the door to significant consequences. It does not hurt to be cautious in the modern business world. Things can change quickly. Important Clarification – Know Who You Work For There are competing goals and objectives even within companies. When you add on top of that all of the politics and maneuvering that exists in many environments, things can get complicated. Even more important, your boss is not always the... Read more

July 7, 2022June 25, 2022 Grow From Failures

Admitting Defeat – Moving Forward And Accepting The Loss

In a season about growing from errors and mistakes, it seems that an episode about admitting defeat is required. We cannot stay stationary and make progress. This concept holds for individual situations and group decisions like the one we examine. That is why some things in life clearly defined as a win or loss (a sports match, for example) are a blessing. We have no real choice other than to move forward. Yes, we can languish in the loss and try to reverse it. However, it is an exercise in futility that forces us sooner or later to accept reality. Admitting Defeat Is Necessary One of the key ingredients to learning from a mistake is recognizing it as such. That... Read more

July 6, 2022July 2, 2022 Become a Better Developer

What Goes Into Building Software

Welcome to another edition of Developreneur. In this presentation, we are gonna be talking about software development. What goes into building software. Instead of this being just a run-of-the-mill discussion on SDLC, we will flip it on its head and take a different approach to software development. Previously, we have talked about things like software development SDLC, we’ve talked about software test life cycle, and we’ve given you the benchmark or textbook descriptions on these particular topics. Now let us talk about building software from an application perspective, building a new application from scratch. What Goes Into Building Software…, It all begins with an idea. Our journey will take us through software development or software development as a whole, from... Read more

July 5, 2022June 25, 2022 Grow From Failures

Clearly Defined Objectives – It Is A Mistake To Not Ask Questions

This episode of learning from mistakes focuses on clearly defined objectives. The error highlights what can go wrong when we fail to have them. We also see these same potential issues pop up when we have weakly defined requirements. Finally, there is a need to communicate all of this as well. When we don’t know what we don’t know, many things other than hilarity ensue. Clearly Defined Objectives Are Needed Through Our Daily Life There are many ways to fall for this lack of clarity. One of the most common ones is to fall back on labels and similar mechanisms. There are many opportunities in life to communicate an idea through a generalization and send the wrong message. Some of... Read more