Nobody posts their failures — so here are some of mine:
My greatest failures:
1) During 2013-15, I could not prevent my dad`s lower-limb paralysis. I always had wished that i would take my dad to visit places around the world , after i start earning. But, i failed to do so.
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2)In 2015, My ex-CTO told me that i had terrible programming skills and that my maturity in programming was less than that of a first year student . I remember i cried that night like a baby. That enraged a fire inside me to be at the top of my craft. That fire is still burning and had been a catalyst for all the good things that happened in the following years. I am thankful for his brutal honesty.
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3)(2013) One of magic went really really wrong in the stage. Everyone in the audience could see the “secret” behind the trick. Nearly one thousand people laughed at me, mocked me. I was so dejected & depressed upon myself.
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4) I failed at my final onsite Google interview. It was so close and missed it by a whisker. I had put so much time and effort for preparing for the coding interviews and still couldnt crack it. Felt so low.
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5) I also failed at getting a job offer from atleast 20 companies . Notable intl. ones include amazon, booking dot com and notable local companies include reve system, therap, commlink, enosis .
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6) I studied a lot for the cadet admission test. Passed the written, but got rejected in the final interview.
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7) I failed at the IBA admission test.
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8) I could not win any national debating tournament. In my university days I did at least 40+ tournament as a debater and had spent atleast 5X more time debating compared to academic studying. But, still could not win a major national tournament or break in any international tournament .
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9) I was selected for a reality show called NextTuber . Really wanted to reach the grand-finals, but made such a ridiculous(tried a lot to make a funny good content) video in the semifinals and got eliminated. One of the organizers said that video was “stupidest thing” that he has ever seen. One of the judges told me to “get out” in front of live television.
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And Yes, I am still doing fine. The best part about failures is no one remembers how much you failed, only you remember .Failure is inconsequential. Because, the worst thing that can happen if i try and fail is much better than the best thing that can happen if i do not try at all. In my short life, periods of great failures and mistakes have always been followed by period of decent success.
I am thankful for all the small and great failures in my life.
Mahdi Mashrur Matin
Engineer.StoryTeller.Life Enthusiast