Reading Reflection No.2

For my second reading reflection I read "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big" by Scott Adams. This book was awesome and it is basically a mix of a lot of things that a successful person may learn over their lifetime.

1) One of the major themes of this book is highlighted by Scott's independent thinking. This book is about challenging conventional wisdom in the world. This book stresses the fact that success doesn't come overnight. According to Scott, success is the product of continued experimentation and staying on that trail of experimentation.

2) The book enhanced so many characteristics of my entrepreneurial mindset. There were so many concepts that connected to multiple subjects the course covers. One of the concepts of accepting failure really connected with me because it's something I've learned in the course. Entrepreneurs will go through failure, but it's how they learn from those failures that makes them successful. The book and the course cover this very well, so it enhanced the way to accept this concept.

3) I think the exercise that I would design would be called "goals vs systems." This book stresses the fact that people with goals aren't happy until they achieve those goals. While individuals with systems are always happy as long as they are following the system. For example, an individual trying to lose 15 pounds, will only be happy once they lose the 15 pounds. While an individual with a system of just losing weight, will be happy as long as he is following the system. The results will come with systems, and happiness will stay at a constant. The exercise for the class would be to change one goal in their entrepreneurial mindset to be a system.

4) Honestly the thing that most surprised me when reading the book was how his mindset differed from mine with some things. I really liked when he talked about goals vs systems. I was also surprised at his logical approach to business and life. It changed the way I think about working. The concept of knowing when to quit was very powerful.