Failure

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 Scott's Soundcloud Scott's Bandcamp Sick Picks Scott: Cypress.io Wes: Dome D201 Dashcam Tweet us your tasty treats! Wes' Instagram Wes' Twitter Wes' Facebook Scott's Twitter Scott's Instagram Make sure to include @SynaxFM in your tweets