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“… you fail, only if you don’t learn from failure.”
Failure is very much a part of our daily life experience. How we approach failure is important. Om Mailk published a terrific post about failure, titled “Failure is part of learning“. It’s well worth reading. The morning also reminded me of a vital life lesson: you fail only if you don’t learn. A lesson successfully…
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Exploring the Brave browser
A few of my colleagues have been raving about the relatively new, Chromium-based Brave browser lately, so I decided to try it out. I initially didn’t pay much attention because I’m pretty happy using Firefox as my primary browser. That said, I like a browser that blocks tracker crud on the Web, so I thought…
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Bad days happen to everyone
We all have bad days, and I had a particularly rough day yesterday. I made some mistakes in how I handled a situation, and created a bit of a mess for a colleague (thankfully not a customer, though). I felt pretty lousy afterwards, and my confidence took a knock. Objectively, it probably wasn’t that big…
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My 44th birthday was a good day
Yesterday was my 44th birthday. 🎉 Great expectations I realised I felt a little internal pressure to do something amazing, wonderful, or remarkable. I just couldn’t think of anything. In the past, I watched “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” on my birthday as a sort of personal birthday tradition. I still love that movie,…
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Couples who code together
My talented wife has been learning to code. Specifically, she’s been learning front-end web development, starting with HTML and CSS. One of her projects as part of a coding bootcamp she joined is to build a basic site with the HTML and CSS she’s learned. She experimented with a CSS-powered dropdown menu on her project…
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How YOU want to show up today
One of my colleagues shared a terrific question she asks herself in the mornings if she’s not in an ideal mood when that alarm goes off. It really appeals to me, and I thought I’d share it: “How do you want to show up to the world today?” I think this works pretty well for…
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