Intermezzo

Now here’s something I’ve been grappling with for quite a long time.
We’ve been taught from very early in our careers that our self-assessments should always be positive. Except perhaps in your inmost heart, you never want to admit weakness on an evaluation or in a resume. This can be extended to a blog, since employers are increasingly savvy about the Internet and use it to find information on job candidates.
Yet, we are also told again and again that failure is as valuable a part of our careers as success. We learn valuable lessons on what not to do as we navigate the sometimes rough waters of our work lives.
So, should we talk about these times in our blogs? Do we admit to instances when our performance was less than stellar and what we learned from the experience? Or do we continue to peddle the fiction that we walk on water, have never made a false move, and that our careers have been on a constant upward trajectory?