"If you do only what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion"- Twyla Tharp, Choreographer
I recently read a story by the Behance team title 99 Excuses For NOT Making Ideas Happen. Fear of failure was excuse number two. The quote was given as an antidote to inaction.
The idea of being comfortable has never scared me. Hell, I don;t think I have ever taken a job that played to my strengths only. Usually the job required me to stretch myself beyond what I already knew and strengthen weaknesses. Every single one of them.
I remember only during an interview in front of a panel I was asked why I felt so comfortable. I then went through a 10 minute explanation, on a white board, in which areas I have worked on in my life and how they connected. The committee was blown away and I got the job.
Today's question is:
"Are your skills eroding?"
I recently read a story by the Behance team title 99 Excuses For NOT Making Ideas Happen. Fear of failure was excuse number two. The quote was given as an antidote to inaction.
The idea of being comfortable has never scared me. Hell, I don;t think I have ever taken a job that played to my strengths only. Usually the job required me to stretch myself beyond what I already knew and strengthen weaknesses. Every single one of them.
I remember only during an interview in front of a panel I was asked why I felt so comfortable. I then went through a 10 minute explanation, on a white board, in which areas I have worked on in my life and how they connected. The committee was blown away and I got the job.
Today's question is:
"Are your skills eroding?"
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