Reading Reflection No. 3

This is the third reading reflection I did for How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, by Scott Adams:

      1.       What was the general theme or argument of the book?

a.       The way this book was organized was just like a story book. It had a bunch of stories and lessons to basically test the reader’s takeaways. The author, Scott Adams, was very open with this failures and successes, and how each process leading up to that worked out. There were a bunch of major takeaways, and the general idea was that failure vs. success can teach you just about anything you need to know.

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

a.       This book connected with this course in that it outlined what it meant to fail, and how much it means to each process. You cannot win, or succeed at everything, and sometimes it takes a whoopin’ for you to find that out.

      3.       If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?

a.       If I had to design an exercise for this class, it would involve an exercise where you go out and try to fail at something, maybe just once, and then reflect on what you learned from failing that you could use towards trying to succeed the next time, and to see the real benefits of failing at something.

      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?

                  a.       I didn’t really have many expectations for this book, but the biggest thing I learned                               was the distinction between goals and systems. The example in the book was the                                   comparison between “losing 10 pounds” being a goal, and “eating healthier” being a                             system. It is much easier to follow a system, because you are constantly working with                         the system, whereas a goal, once you complete it, you start looking for a new one and                           forget about all you did to reach the previous one.