Assignment 21
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
Author: Scott Adams
1. The general theme of the book was to simply treat life as trial and error. Scott mentions many laws and arguments that we try to do as well as want to have surrounding the “perfect” life. Simply the general idea here is to follow his main lessons and reasons on how we should try to meet our goals. Learning and understanding that everything won’t be handed to you on a silver platter is a very important argument that Adams uses to surround the book.
2. In many exercises in ENT3003, we discuss our failures as well as our victories when it comes to our business idea. We have feedback through blog posts and learn what we need to critique. In a similar way, this is what the book surrounds by learning to make mistakes through overcoming them in the end.
3. The exercise I would design for this class would be to compare struggles early in your life or academic career and compare it to your business ideas struggles. I would then ask students to share how they overcame these obstacles and what lessons they learned from their experiences.
4. One thing that caught my eye was the system vs. goals model. I usually thought everyone’s mentality was based on and criticized on goals they set and if they reached their goals. Now I understand that maintaining a system further helps you reach your goal instead of relying solely on competing with that goal.
Reading this was interesting since I chose to read the "Art of Social Media". The general theme of the book to "simply treat life as trial and error" is a unique concept that I have never thought of before. I think the exercise you chose is such a good idea, it would be nice to reflect on my past experiences and reflect.
ReplyDeleteChristopher,
ReplyDeleteI love your suggestion for the group exercise based on the book you read, "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big" by Scott Adams, as it is remarkably similar to mine. I suggested that students should review past failures and see where there was room for a business idea.
Another thing that you wrote about that I found particularly interesting was the system v. goals model. I had never quite thought about how I could be sabotaging myself by being so achievement focused instead of developing the necessary systems for attaining my goals.
Great job!
Respectfully, Maeghan Solanki
Christopher,
ReplyDeleteI was really intrigued reading your post, since I didn’t read that book. But from your post, I want to read this book. The thought behind treating life as trial and error is interesting. That things won’t always be perfect but there’s a lesson to be taught, and another chance for a “trial”. Additionally, the thought behind using a system to reach your goals is very smart. I hadn’t ever thought of doing that, because we are taught to just reach our goals by any means necessary. Overall, I really enjoyed your post, so thank you for sharing.
Elly