The Biggest Failure in My Life

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Sally Kohn: I know that those successes don't come without some failures. So we know that we're going to kind of shift gears here and kind of dive into failure. In my life, architecture school so far has been the biggest failure because it was just a big detour on sort of on my path. And I'm fortunate to have found my way out of that. But in his career, there's a project that he did for a firm in San Francisco called Neo which is no longer around. He says lean startup is basically just telling you whether or not the idea is good faster than if you didn't.

Alexa Roman motivates us to prove the value of design and contribute to it every single day. She encourages us to always be learning new things since designers work across many different fields. She inspires us to get more excited about analytics and measuring our designs. She also challenges us to think about what we want on our tombstones...while we’re still this side up.

Secret Identity (7:49)
Origin Story (12:42)
What Will Your Tombstone Say? (19:25)
Biggest Failure (21:50)
Design Superpower (29:40)
How Important is Aesthetics? (35:52)
Awkward Testing Story (48:49)
Design Kryptonite (55:23)
UX Superhero Name (63:59)
Designing with Data (64:30)
Habit of Success (70:09)
Invincible Resource (71:39)
Recommended Book (73:28)
Best Advice (74:48)

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