[chaseideas]

Strongly agreed, and great insight on the everyday struggle of a research heavy life or career!

It can be a heavy burden at times, but being prepared mentally helps a lot.

As my dad always taught me growing up, "attitude is everything."

Plus, tackling a large stack of problems, and iterating until successful feels so rewarding. Both during and after the fact.

Failure is key to success.

[dmvaldman]

I remember reading the first page of a juggling book was: Pick up a ball. Drop it on the floor. Be prepared to do this thousands of times.

Kind of takes the fun out of it eh?

[chaseideas]

Haha! Excellent quote. Are we talking about life or juggling, or wait, business? ;)

Never gave much thought to my early interest in juggling or the juggling books I read when I was young and how it could possibly be later related to my approach to life and career.

I'm a modest juggler at best, and still young in my professional career in the tech world, but that quote and general sentiment gives me new perspective on how my opinion of failure was shaped growing up.