DANIELLA BIANCHI
MAY 27th, 2022
Wait isn’t it fake it till you make it? Actually, that can be trash advice. So, this is my spin on it: face it till you make it. The idea behind faking it till you make it, has some strain of intelligence to it - the fact that you should keep going. Yet, the notion that you need to pretend is a time waster and can make you look like a poser. Here is
This is the recipe: Get up and work hard. Fail. Get back up and do it again. But better. You might fail again, but get back up. Repeat.
We don’t like to fail. I definitely am not one to be happy when I do. When I was applying for part-time jobs last year, I saw an opening at UGL, an engineering company. I spent the better part of the week perfecting a cover letter and completing the questions for the role. When I finally was satisfied with my application and submitted it, I received a reply one hour after. It was pretty much an automated email telling me that I did not suit the technical requirements of the role. Now, surprisingly, this did not make me feel on top of the world. It frustrated me to think that I had spent all this time labouring over a failed cover letter – they are not fun to write and even less so when you are unsuccessful. So, I decided to ask for feedback from the company. They said that they were looking for someone with experience in front-end coding and familiarity with different software systems. I simply did not have that. This rejection, in part, contributed to me dabbling in website development, and without it, maybe my blog wouldn’t exist today…
Failing is one of the best ways to learn how to do better. You find out what doesn’t work, and you change your attitude---- or upskill appropriately. By responding to something that didn’t work out for us, we can build ourselves up to be more prepared for a similar opportunity. Why do nothing and settle when instead you could react and improve?
I fail all the time. But I won’t let that stop me from trying again and again. Neither should you.
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on facing it till you make it. What does “face it till you make it” even mean?
This is the recipe: Get up and work hard. Fail. Get back up and do it again. But better. You might fail again, but get back up. Repeat.
We don’t like to fail. I definitely am not one to be happy when I do. When I was applying for part-time jobs last year, I saw an opening at UGL, an engineering company. I spent the better part of the week perfecting a cover letter and completing the questions for the role. When I finally was satisfied with my application and submitted it, I received a reply one hour after. It was pretty much an automated email telling me that I did not suit the technical requirements of the role. Now, surprisingly, this did not make me feel on top of the world. It frustrated me to think that I had spent all this time labouring over a failed cover letter – they are not fun to write and even less so when you are unsuccessful. So, I decided to ask for feedback from the company. They said that they were looking for someone with experience in front-end coding and familiarity with different software systems. I simply did not have that. This rejection, in part, contributed to me dabbling in website development, and without it, maybe my blog wouldn’t exist today…
Failing is one of the best ways to learn how to do better. You find out what doesn’t work, and you change your attitude---- or upskill appropriately. By responding to something that didn’t work out for us, we can build ourselves up to be more prepared for a similar opportunity. Why do nothing and settle when instead you could react and improve?
I fail all the time. But I won’t let that stop me from trying again and again. Neither should you.