Embrace Failure as a Learning Opportunity

Fear of failure often underlies procrastination. Women in tech can overcome this by shifting their perspective on failure, viewing it as an essential part of learning and growth rather than a setback. This mindset change can reduce the pressure felt when tackling challenging tasks, making it easier to get started and keep moving forward.

Fear of failure often underlies procrastination. Women in tech can overcome this by shifting their perspective on failure, viewing it as an essential part of learning and growth rather than a setback. This mindset change can reduce the pressure felt when tackling challenging tasks, making it easier to get started and keep moving forward.

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Veronika Lukyanchuk
Learning and Development Specialist at Forte Group
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 16:15

Failure may definitely act as a great learning source. If women in tech are focused not on the failure itself, but on the lessons learnt they are highly likely to get the most out of it.
Not to mention, they may combine this idea with the one mentioned above “Leverage Networking Groups”. If women in tech share not only the wins but also their failure stories they may kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand they are likely to inspire others illuminating the fact failures may take place.
On the flip side there’s a strong likelihood they may ramp up their own self - belief underlying the lessons learnt.
For instance, consider the storytelling STAR method which stands for “situation, task, action, result”. The end point highlights the outcome. So, everything comes down to lessons and takeaways.
Women in tech may share their failures as learning opportunities while acting as mentors, speakers, community and professional groups contributors. Their lessons learnt may end up becoming someone’s success story.

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