Failure is an Opportunity to Grow with David Robertshaw: Success as a Student Podcast

University of Derby Skills Podcast

Earlier on in the series, Associate Professor Melanie Pope explained how behind successful people there are often a series of failures. In this episode David Robertshaw and Alexander Wood give our own examples of where we have failed in the past and how we have used these failures to shape our future successes. We will discuss how failure is part of the journey, why you should aim high and how we overcome imposter syndrome.

Success as a Student is a new weekly podcast series hosted on the Derby Uni Library YouTube channel. In this series University of Derby Graduate of the Year Alexander Wood interviews successful students and staff about the skills that will help you find success.

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Other relevant useful episodes:

Enterprise and Networking: https://youtu.be/YbjNJiFHIGc

Organisation: https://youtu.be/E6cHuYNF-PI

Creativity and Problem Solving: https://youtu.be/4PlAL93ykWA

Growth Mindset: https://youtu.be/6PDw51w9Du4

Are Geniuses born or made: https://youtu.be/YR6Xsg0LTPM

Boldness and taking opportunities: https://youtu.be/h7svrzLnl50