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Elif Duran
How do you define success and failure in your work?
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Success and failure can mean different things to different people, and it's important to define what those terms mean for you and your work. What is your definition of success and failure in your work?
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Bjarn Bronsveld
There's no success without failure, I believe. But success to me is receiving compliments, and seeing people use your product. Failure is... not sure? Failing to listen to the feedback of your users or the lack of users. But you can still create success from those two by putting in enough effort.
Elif Duran
@bjarnbronsveld I agree with you, changing with respect to the learnings is one of the biggest successes...
Grace Hur
Such an inquisitive question - thank you for creating this space for everyone to share, @elifduran 😌❤️ My personal definition of success is ensuring that I've set up the processes to empower my team to run. So much so that if I was out of the picture, they can continue running without me. This is also tied with how I'd like people - my team, our community members, our users - to remember me/us at the end of the day: for being genuine, compassionate, curious and present. Definition of failure? Operating from a scarcity or fear-based mindset.
Nuno Reis
depends on the definition at the time. For specific tasks, it's all about the outcome. But lets go generic: In most cases I would define success as movement towards a goal. Especially if you are doing something that has never been done you will fail a lot, the question is if through that failure you moved a bit closer to where you want to be (you learned? you achieve a partial part of the goal? you figured how to do it next time?). Failure I would say is only really important if it is either catastrophic (you dont to go bankrupt or destroy relationships) or if you don't learn (then you are doomed to repeat this failure).
André J
If all my QA bots pass: http://eon.codes/blog/2022/11/24...
Success is nailing the pitch with a killer idea, failure is when my cat is the only one who likes it...
shivam mahajan
Success in my work is learning about the problem, and the of the market deeply enough to provide some additional value to it. While “Failure” is failing to learn for me, or understand the needs of the user.
Jay shankarpure
I would say Success means you meeting your goals and failure would be to get distracted from your goals
Giancarlo Sanchez
As a founder, Churchill’s take on success is quite good. “Success is going from failure to failure without losing the enthusiasm”
Matthias Strafinger
Success: - Focus on the Customer - Fail Fast Failure: - Doing the same mistakes over and over again - Taking too long for processes
Success is achieve my goal that I planned. And failure is the reason why I can't reach my goal, where I can learn from it. Failure is basis of success, which means success is built based on a lot of failure.
Stephen Fogg
I think success for me recently is hearing a user find our extension helpful/useful. I believe we're building something with real impact so it's cool when users realize the big picture.
Paul (Riston)
Honestly, it depends on the context. In some situations, short terms success leads to long-term failures, for example, banks quarterly earning. While in some situations the reverse is applicable, short-term loses lead to long-term victories, for example, the story of slack. So i don't know if there will be a definition that gives justice without being vague.
Tobi Agbaje
Success is driving a positive impact and creating a solution. Failure creates room for greater resilience, to learn and move on.
Pleasure Meditation
I measure success simply by the numbers of viewers and followers that I have. I define success as continuing to discover new ways to expand and present the brand and gain acceptance as a viable concept in my realm. Failure for me manifests itself as a stagnation or erosion of those efforts.
Ernest Keith Arthur
Success at work simply means bringing satisfaction to the team involved in a particular task. Whether it’s about in-house colleagues or clients Whereas failure, to some extent, is not seeing the desired results that will bring satisfaction to the team.
Harley coates
success in my work is defined by accurate and relevant responses, efficient completion of tasks, positive user feedback, and continuous improvement. On the other hand, failure is characterized by inaccurate or irrelevant responses, inability to complete tasks, negative user feedback, and lack of improvement over time. Defining success and failure is subjective and context-dependent, and I strive to continuously improve and meet user expectations.
Andreas Møller
Nothing beats hearing users tell you why they love your product...
Pankaj Tyagi
Daily improvements and learnings. Just take baby steps. According to me, failure is when you stop or when you loose hope.
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Elif Duran
@hanna_z Which data you are focusing on?
@elifduran it depends on the product goal and corresponding marketing strategy. Normally I would look at DAU + next day/week retention + conversion rate + top features used
Aldo Radesic
Success is when users are satisfied. This is the foundation of every success. The failure is if I make a product that only I use in the whole world.