I wrote my first ever cover letter in my first semester of college. I remember acknowledging that, while I didn’t have too many skills, I did have bouncebackability.
The person who interviewed me asked whether that was a real word – I explained that it was made up. But it summed up what I knew I would do. I will fall – but you can count on me to bounce back.
I think that prediction definitely held true.
It remains a skill I look for to this day – in others and in myself. Falling is a given even with experience. Experience just reduces the frequency of falls.
The key is bouncebackability – regardless of the conditions.
Failure isn’t the falling down, it is the staying down.
