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Failure. How do you deal with it? How to learn from it? How do you know when you should give up vs keep pushing?
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The Show Notes! 01:34
Scott and Wes shoot the shit
Wes is back from the DotJS conference
Wes does a terrible (and hopefully not offensive) French Accent
03:50
What's the deal with the #FailFast culture
We talk about Fear of Failure and how it can stop you from starting anything at all
High Stakes vs Low Stakes Failure
09:20
Be aware of how fear of failure manifests itself in your work
Just do it, put in the work
Pen to Paper
12:20
How to deal with mid-project failure
Getting sick of a project part way through
Finishing Things is such an underrated skill
Small wins is key for confidence
Take the emotion out of the decisions
18:00
MVP - Minimum Viable Product
19:30
Do you plan for failure?
Wes' Life is Course Correction
Wes is Unapologetically Confident
Scott is Ignorantly Confident
23:00
Another one of Scott's amazing segueways into our Sponsor
26:20
Wes' Facebook Ads Failures
The cost of admission
Own your role in something failing
33:33
Eating burnt rice is a huge character trait
Pivoting
41:20
Our own personal failures detailed
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