Fail First: A Two-Step Guide to Becoming a Resilient Researcher | Lama Alshamroukh | TEDxWVU
TEDx Talks·2026-04-09 14:55

Growing up, like every normal 10-year-old, my biggest fear was failure. I'd look at all your slightly shocked and sat slightly confused faces and think, "Maybe this wasn't as common as a fear as I thought." You have to understand that I was as type A as they came. I was the type of kid that needed to organize her toys before playing with them.I had built so much of my identity on my grades and my accomplishments, whether or not I got the highest grades, whether or not I won the best competitions. I mean, th ...

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