Book: How To Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big, by Scott Adams
1. What was the general theme or argument of the book?
Scott Adams talked about a lot of different topics within his book but the bottom line was how to take care of yourself and how to set priorities to have control of your life. He talked about the different things to do and focus on so that the rest of your life fits into place. He believes focusing on your energy and health is the first concern. If you do not have yourself figured out you will be burden on the rest of society and your family.
2. How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?
This book topics did not correlate directly to what we are learning in class however it is very insightful and definitely enhances the class. This class talks more about the entrepreneurial process but the book focus more on the the individual and the mindset we have. The book talked about goals versus system which I believe can relate to the class by when we create our business' we create goals for our company.
3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?
The book talked a lot of focusing on your energy and health. I would form a assignment based on that idea, making people talk about how they focus on their health and energy. What is their source of energy that drives them to get up in the morning? This would help students find their passion and try to focus more on their passions.
4) 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?
I think my biggest takeaway from this book was the idea of goal versus system. He described that goals puts us in a constant state of failure until we reach the goal and the 'high' we feel from the goal is short lived. Then we form another goal that puts us back at that state of failure. However, system allow use to focus on how to change our habits to change something in our lives. For example, if we want to lose weight we should not focus on our mere weight and how we look but rather focus on eating right and working out.
Hi Danielle,
ReplyDeleteI read the same book, and I agree how the goals vs systems idea was a big take away from the book. I think he meant this concept in that we should taking steps toward what we want to achieve instead of just thinking about it and hoping one day it will end up happening for us. We have to take things into our own hands.
Hello Danielle,
ReplyDeleteThe book you read sounds interesting and useful to this class and topic. I think the assignment that you designed for the class sounds interesting and looks to be based on the book. I think it would be a good thing for us students to think about what drives us and where we get our energy and passion from. Without passion you cannot have a successful business.