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For people to decide if they will come to watch or not your presentation…
And also for the committee to decide if they will or not select your talk…

They need to think your presentation will be great.

They decide that on the title of your presentation.

Patience.

We may think that patience is something we have or don’t…

But patience is a skill. It can be developed and improved.

The more I understand about skills, the more I understand the power of mistakes.

There is a relationship.

Is “writing a book” a skill?

We sometimes treat as if it is…
“I’d like to write a book, but I’m not good enough at it”.
(I said that many times in my life…)

But it is a dream many people have…
(Plant a tree. Write a book. I’m sure you heard that…)

Have you ever though about writing a book someday?

Is optimism a skill?
Is it a mindset?
Worldview?
A habit?

Optimism is actively looking around for positive reaches.
It is to look for ways to take positive actions.
Even in the middle of difficulties…

And look, I’m not saying this is easy.
Sometimes it is very, very difficult…

There is nothing more important for our career than building skills.

It is not about acquiring knowledge.
It is all about acquiring skills.

Skills you only acquire by doing.
Doing projects. Writing code. Solving problems.

I just heard on the news an amazing lesson on leadership, that you can apply to your life, your software project, and even to your product that you may be creating. The Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge broke the record that many had considered impossible: run a marathon (42 km) in less than 2 hours. What can […]