How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams
1. The theme or argument of the book was looking at life's successes and failures from a different perspective.
2. The book connected with and enhanced what I'm learning in this class in numerous ways. I showed that success and entrepreneurship can be long, tedious paths. A lot of it is trial and error and learning from your mistakes to succeed in the future. You have to adapt to your situation or customers in order to excel.
3. If I had to design an exercise for this class I would have students describe what they consider success as and the general steps in order to succeed. Then, after reading the book, I'd have them describe how their perspectives changed.
4. The biggest surprise was probably when the offer talked about selfishness as a positive thing. Usually people would think of that as a negative thing, but he gave an interesting perspective to it.
I also did my reading reflection on How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams so I was able to deeply relate to your blog post. I equally enjoyed how Scott defined success and the path of an entrepreneur as being different per person. You brought up a good point when talking about selfishness as a positive thing. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteHey Savanna,
ReplyDeleteI didn't choose this book to read for this assignment so it was interesting to see your take on this. Perseverance is an important quality to have, making an individual resilient to life's many trials and tribulations. I can also see how the author could use a trait like 'selfishness' in a positive manor, which most successful and driven people do.
Your analysis of this book is spot on. I also read this book, and reflected specifically on how the main takeaway from the book is selfishness, and how taking care of one's self is essential to personal success. Because of this I completely agree with you in that finding internal happiness is imperative before seeking success.
ReplyDeleteHey Savanna,
ReplyDeleteMy reading reflection was also on this book by Scott Adams.I found this book really interesting and helpful for everyday people that want to succeed in life. Your exercise for this class is a great way to see what people have learned from this book. Comparing peoples general steps to success before and after reading the book could help in understanding what aspects people really take away from reading.
Hey Savannah,
ReplyDeleteI also did my reading reflection on this book. I think we pretty much came to the same conclusions about it. I agree that this book in may ways was a big perspective shifter, across multiple topics. He took a lot of topics, as you mentioned, such as failure, and selfishness, and turned them around to make us realize that we can use them as tools rather than negatives.