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#Failure is Not a 4-Letter Word In "Why I Hire People Who Fail", Jeff Stibel argues that failure is an inevitable part of business and should be accepted, possibly even cherished. Why is Stibel so excited about failure?
When you make a mistake, you’re forced to look back and find out exactly where you went wrong, and formulate a new plan for your next attempt. By contrast, when you succeed, you don’t always know exactly what you did right that made you successful (often, it’s luck).
I think this is a great attitude toward failure, mostly because it takes the pressure off of always having to be perfect, which is an impossible ideal to live up to. People who never fail aren't taking any risks, and those who don't take risks are unlikely to make large advances in their industry.
###The Failure Wall One of the ways that Stibel has worked to create a culture accepting of failure is by creating a "fail wall." This is a space where employees at al
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# Building Ruby Familiarity | |
# In this exercise you will take a first look at some common commands in Ruby | |
# The idea here is to build familiary with Ruby syntax | |
# This will likely be the first time you've seen some of these commands | |
# Just type them in and see the displayed output | |
# Steps: | |
# 1. Open up a new terminal window | |
# 2. Launch irb |