26A

1) This semester I went to the career fair to find an internship for this upcoming summer. I applied for multiple companies and one (not naming) invited me to have me for an interview. I arrived just on time; I was sweating from riding my bike there. As I arrived the interviewer called my name. I was still sweaty, and I was very confident I would get the job because of my naturalness and authenticity. All which I thought would help me, backfired and made me look like a fool in that interview. After all, I did not get into the next round of interviews, nor get the internship. 

2) I learned a lot from this experience. First, show up on time and do not take the bike on a hot Florida day. I still believe authenticity is a big plus, but do not be overly cocky, without having the credibility to. The most important thing I learned was not the interview itself, but much more than from going out and putting yourself into uncomfortable situations like this, you grow the most. Those who fail the most, end up winning the most. 

3) I try to stay as positive as I can about failure and see it as growth. In this class, I learned a lot about failure as well and it strengthened my belief about failure being good. After reading the biography of the Wright brother, which is the perfect example of this. They failed thousands of times, they embarrassed themselves in front of hundreds of people, repeatedly. But they did not give up, they learned from every failure and got more knowledgeable. Also, the other book I read Mindset, hammered in the idea of failure being growth even more. 
I am more likely to take risks after this class. I realized that entrepreneurship is mostly taking calculated risks, over and over. It is getting out of your comfort zone daily.

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