21 A- Reading Reflection No.2

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Bringing in a Second Question

 How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Kind of Big: Kind of the Story of my Life

By: Scott Adams 

 What was the general theme or argument of the book?

There are lot of different themes that Scott Adams presents to his audience regarding success. Each theme serves as a personal lesson he learned as an entrepreneur.  His uses his life story as a template of how he became successful. Some lessons/themes he mentions include sorting truth from fiction,  having a system instead of goals, your mind being a moist computer you can program, having the ability to track your personal energy, pattern recognition, and so on.

 How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?

 I enjoyed how truthful and realistic Adams is in his book. Prior to this novel, I saw failure as a purely bad thing especially in the world of entrepreneurship. I believe that this class as well as this book made it evident that trial and error is okay; therefore, failure is an opportunity to stretch and program your mind to think of better solution

If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?
I really enjoyed Scott Adam's list of lessons he as throughout his life. I would love the class to make a list of their own of lessons that they have learned thus far as a college student regarding this success and failures in their particular field of study.

What was your biggest surprise or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that differed most from your expectations?
Adams makes another list of different ways to detect truth from fiction. One thing he listed that surprised me was that common sense is often mistaken as confidence. In the entrepreneurship world, one common skill that most entrepreneurs have is confidence. I had the expectation that if someone spoke confidently about something then it was most likely truthful; however, that is definitely not the case. I am happy to realize this truth early on because it seems to be a common trend in the business world. 

Comments

  1. dmurchisonNovember 5, 2017 at 4:13 PM

    Hello Jess, that book was on the list of books I wanted to read. Being able to read about someone who describes their life as a template on entrepreneurships seems like an interesting idea. Having a type of system that will help you reach your goals is an interesting idea. I always thought that goals were the most important thing but it puts a new perspective on how to achieve your goals.

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  2. Alec MazurskyNovember 5, 2017 at 7:02 PM

    Hi Jess,
    I also read "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big" and I agree that Scott Adams is very realistic in the book. Like you, I was interested to learn how failure can be an opportunity to learn and improve yourself. Your idea to create a list of lessons that students have learned sounds like it would be beneficial because it forces students to reflect and appreciate how much they have learned.

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