Oh yeah, completely wrong, you could have everything going wrong around you and still make something happen. But don’t confuse that with skill in execution, it’s all your practice, repetition, and focus that made something good happen at that moment where it was wrong and you pushed the needle in your favour.
You never know when the timing is right, it just happens. The more you practice, the better your timing gets (hence the same 1,000 kicks vs 1,000 different kicks). Timing is about repetition practice and most importantly focus. The more focused you are, the better you are at getting to your end goal (whatever that might be). But without those things, the timing will never be right – because we never know when it actually…
All work has a base and from there we customize it. We find what we like and we seek to tweak it. There are so many TikToks, Reels, etc, that walk all of this and show base products being customized to fit your needs. It’s not about IF your product is going to be customized, it’s WHEN it’s going to be customized so you might as well start building it to be extended.
Something didn’t go right. Your code broke. Your project cracked. You have two choices, let it stay that way or build it back to where it was, to where it will work, to where it will be broken. It might have failed spectacularly and you might be regretting it – don’t, it happen, now find your way back.
Answers should not include… “I do this…” “I’m the best at this…” “My job is X…” “Only I can do that…” “I run this…” “I monitor that…” “I’m backup for Y…” What do you bring, not what you are, what do you bring to the team?