This is the opposite of my accomplishments list, and is an ever-growing catalog of areas that
I’ve failed in. Every once in a while a do a deep dive of my recorded failures to see the lessons
I’ve learned from them.
2021
Had a short-term career identify crisis
Created: buy & sell marketplace for textbooks for Universities, but it wasn’t scaleable
enough
Planned to launch a podcast and even interviewed multiple guests, but I found the time to
monetize to growth ratio wasn’t worth the full commitment
Wasn’t able to truly manage developers to make meaning work on my startup
Focused on too many projects at a time, and never truly progress in one area In
Failed to make recurring and sustainable revenue through my products
Wanted to reach fluency (B2) in French but failed due to many other projects clouding my
potential
Procrastinated learning full-stack web development til October
Was rejected at a growth position at a reputable edu-tech startup, after 3 interviews
2020
Over-hired employees at my edu-tech company and had to layoff 20% of the staff due to
budget cuts
Focused too much on unsalable marketing, instead of launching products
Had a “I need to do everything” mentality in my company, leading to high burnout
2019
Didn’t received the highest academic award at my University
Was one of the 3 people in my high school nominated for Valedictorian, but didn’t end up
getting it
Failed to become one of the winners of LORAN $100K scholar (got semi-finalist instead)