There is a project in the offing, and a friend of mine has asked for my CV. “Just give me your top 5 successes and failures. The committee wants someone they know, and I want to make them another offer, a different perspective.”
I checked my CV: it is full of highlights – things I’ve done (that have worked out) – and the time I’ve done them.
The idea is to show that each time I throw the dice I get a 6 – show the success, and make the failures invisible.
If you have ever thrown a dice you will know that although possible throwing a 6 consistently over time is unlikely to happen. Life is not a game with 6 sides and even if it was I still don’t like the odds. A CV of failures might just be the best indicator yet that the person in front of you shows up.
The rest well, just don’t confuse skill with luck.