Reading Reflection No. 3

1. The theme of How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams is about embracing your failures. Scott Adams provides examples of failure from his life, but emphasizes the positive impact you can have if you're able to learn and understand your mistakes. This book is about being able to achieve success based on your past mistakes. The hard work and effort you put in will have a direct impact in how well you achieve your goals. 

2.) This connected and enhanced what I'm learning in ENT 3003, because both have provided real information about being an entrepreneur. I find it encouraging to know that failure is normal, and that you can make the best of it by learning from those decisions. It doesn't give you a sugarcoated, unrealistic image, which I think a lot of people try to sell you on. You may not get exactly what you expect, but you can turn that around for yourself. 

3.) Based on this book, I would design an exercise that provided a scenario and gave many different ways to react. Within this exercise, you will realize sometimes the option you think is the best - isn't. I think this will be an effective way to weigh out pros in cons. 

4.) My biggest surprise moment while reading this book was that goals are too vague. I have always been conditioned to set goals and whether they were short or long term. Scott Adams explained how systems are better since they can adapt to change. It's almost like a process you take and you have to decide which road you're going to take. With goals, if you take one wrong turn, you can just end up disappointed.