How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Scott Adams
1) The overall theme of this book suggests accepting failure in a way that still produces positive returns in the end. Scott Adams, the author, connects to the audience by giving numerous stories of his failures. Nevertheless, he does not allow failures to bring him down emotionally. This enabled him to win big, just like the title suggests. What I liked most about this book was the comparison of his ideals with goals and systems. Adams convinces the readers that goals are for the losers and that we should put our trust in systems instead. Putting our trust in the system will lead us to the goals that we sought out in the beginning. The goals that are special to us.
2) The reason why I chose this book was because of how closely it related to several assignments about failure in this course. Interestingly enough, just like the assignments we do weekly, it is almost like a system that we have put our trust in to get a good grade in the course. And more importantly, we see results that take us closer to our goals for our business plans. We regularly see failures for several assignments, well at least I do. However, by putting out trust in the system, I have seen true progress made and goals reached in this semester.
3) One assignment based on the book would be to named several cases of failures. One similar to assignment 26-A. However, to enhance the assignment, students should explain what they gain from that failure and decide whether the pain from that failure is worth the growth that came with it.
4) One of the biggest surprises I had in this book was definitely connecting the system (this course with the weekly assignments) versus goals. We need to trust the system. We need to trust our professor, Chris. If we put trust in the system we will see results that Adams mentioned in his book. These results will allow us to grow closer to our goals.
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