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Don't hide things that didn't go perfectly

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Ever had things at work that could've gone better?

Supposedly rock star vendor didn't have the capability you thought...
Ran into some technical challenges and had to scale back a project...

We've all experienced this, and it's natural to want be worried about
what others will think. You may even want to minimize these things
and make it seem like everything went perfectly.

Resist this. You should talk openly about things at work that didn't
go according to plan. Being honest about challenges has several
benefits

  * Helps others learn - by not talking about issues you deny others
    the chance to avoid them in the first place and learn.

  * Makes you more credible - people know that there are always
    challenges, and overly rosy discussions will definitely set off
    people's BS detectors.

  * Is just more interesting - a bit of drama and vulnerability is
    much more interesting than "everything went great and we did the
    stuff". You don't want to overdo it, but you can make
    discussions, reports, evaluations, etc., a little less
    mind-numbing.

Of course there are right and wrong ways to talk about challenges.
Don't make yourself or others look helpless or hapless. Focus on what
you learned, how you still salvaged something good, and how you'll do
things differently next time.

But don't shy away from acknowledging the things you faced.

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