- I read How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams for this assignment. I would say the general theme of the book is how win big after failing your goals. The book is a memoir of the author and how he failed multiple times, but in the end would go on to win big. Through anecdotes Adams shares his story on how he stayed motivated and happy despite having a large number of failures during his life.
- I believe this book connects with our class and entrepreneurship especially this week. This week one of the themes was celebrating failure. Entrepreneurs are also known to not always succeed the first time with their products. Entrepreneurs have to consistent redo and revise their products due to failures they experience. This is why I think this book connects great with the class and entrepreneurship in general.
- If I were to design an exercise for the class based off the book I read, it would definitely have something to do with failure. The exercise would a simple trial and error exercise. I would create a competition where students would need to sell me on an idea. If I am sold, they win; if not, they have to find out what failed and try to sell me on their idea again.
- I would say the biggest 'aha' moment I had while reading this book was that goals typically have inherent flaws. Instead you should build a system rather than focusing on achieving your goals. This was interesting to me as I was typically taught that everything starts with a goal and is goal-driven in life.
Friday, April 12, 2019
27A - Reading Reflection 3
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ReplyDeleteI think it's crazy that the biggest of people have failed at first then succeed. I also think that it relates perfectly as we see that this week we looked at failure and how to overcome it. I think its surprising that he said you need to create a system rather than goals as I also was taught goals are key to getting to success.
Hi Arman! I also read How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big for the assignment this week. I liked the exercise you came up with. It was more creative than the one I did, and I think it would be successful in a classroom setting because of the competition that goes along with it. It would also create a great learning environment because most students would fail at the first attempt.
ReplyDeleteHi, Arman! If entrepreneurship is about anything, it's definitely about failure and the losses you have to endure before you officially succeed. It is without something I've learned, not only from this class, but throughout my entire especially during college. It's like that old saying that goes, "if at first you don't succeed, then try again."
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