The book that I decided to read was How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams. I think the general theme of the book was centered around knowing how to embrace your failures but also maximizing your chances of success. I think that the book connected with the material we learn in ENT 3003 in a lot of ways. To start, when it talks about goal setting and embracing failures, I think about how we are supposed to use the feedback from failed attempts to adjust our perspectives and find the first thing that works and run with it. I think the material is enhanced by Adams referring to the way energy and attitude can affect your success. I think if we had the class write out five ways they could maximize their personal energy by catering to their needs, it would be beneficial. The exercise would be for the class to write out their methods, do them over the course of the week, and reflect on how they went. I think a big surprise that I had while reading was that he suggested choosing a career path in line with the level of risk that you are willing to take or that you are comfortable with. I found this really interesting because that though would have never occurred to me. You are always told to "follow your passion" or "do what you love", but this book completely refutes this notion. He is saying do what you are built to do best.
Hey Nala,
ReplyDeleteThe book you read seems to have a completely different meaning than mine but I like the strategy for the exercise that you came up with because I believe that writing out methods could help us as students better visualize and make something happen out of our ideas instead of just having ideas that never become anything.
Hi Nala!
ReplyDeleteWhile we didn't end up choosing the same book, judging by your reflection, I felt that you walked away from your book with a good understanding of what the book's main lessons were. I agree with the fact that this course works to make us embrace failure, something I feel is most clearly seen within the assignments that require us to obtain feedback before proceeding. One thing I disagree with, however, is Adams' take on risk, with my position being that if one doesn't attempt to embrace risk that exists, we can never truly found out what our limits actually are, something I believe circumvents his advice. Regardless, I enjoyed reading your reflection!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi Nala!
ReplyDeleteInterestingly enough, we did choose to read the same book. I hope you found it to be just as interesting as I did. It was a great motivational read, as well, in terms of striving to reach all of our goals. Whether you apply this to the goals we have set in this class, business ideas, or life in general it can be very useful. Your exercise idea was somewhat similar to my own, proving that there is an importance on figuring out what is important and what works for you. I think that applying the lessons learned in this book to life will be extremely helpful. I hope you learned something valuable and that you can apply it to your own goals, as well.