How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Scott Adams
1) The general theme and/or argument of the book was to invite failure in to your life and to pick its pocket in order to embrace the challenges it presents.
2) The book allowed for me to adjust my business perceptions in accordance with the coursework at hand. This means, that the course balances out with the required reading to make for a streamlined narrative.
3) The exercise would involve writing down your top 10 failures and then comparing them to lessons you have learned in the present day. That would allow for the growth to be visualized.
4) The biggest "aha" moment was when I realized how the potential for failure meant that opportunity could be found in every corner of your life.
Hey Patrick, we both read the same book! I think that the point Adams is trying to make here is that failure is a byproduct of trying. To be successful though, we still need to try, we need to try really hard. This means taking advantage of everyday, and understanding how you think effects how you work. Failure still means you're on the right track, it just also means you aren't going exactly the right way.
ReplyDeletePatrick,
ReplyDeleteJust like Eric and you, I too read this book! I found it to be such an easy read because it was a lot more relatable than I had expected it to be. That being said, I like your "aha" moment because I was able to take the same thing out of this book. I felt motivated and almost as if I actually had my life together because I realized that the turmoil and tribulations are all part of a process that will be successful in the long run.
Hey Patrick,
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like a really interesting read! I think that it is vitally important that we sometimes fail in order to keep progressing within ourselves. The more you fail, the more opportunity you have to grow as a person. These principles can really be applied to entrepreneurship because many people are so afraid to fail, that they never even try in the first place. I really think that it is important to try and fail rather than not even try in the first place, you would never get anything done in your life.