How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
1.) The general theme of the book was that failure can be more positive than negative. Adams discusses the various methods to take failures and make the best of them or "have luck find you.
2.)This class focuses a lot on building your own business and become an entrepreneur. This books shows me how to be okay with my failures and keep pushing through. If I utilize what I've learned in this class to exploit opportunities and create a business, I'm bound to fail. Adams enhanced this class by showing me not only how to be okay with these failures, but also how to exploit them.
3.) I would have students work alone or in groups to design their own board game from scratch. With this, there is bound to be some sort of failures somewhere. I would have students individually asses their failures: what they think their biggest failure(s) was, how could it have been prevented, how they could have turned their failures into opportunities, etc.
4.) I found it surprising how much he values selfishness. He says you should focus on yourself first and your family and friends last. I've always felt it should be the other way around, of course I also find this to be a matter of opinion. Generally, you put what's important to you first which consists of friends and family for many people so I just found it interesting that he does the exact opposite.
Hi Kristen,
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the book you read is a kind of similar to the one I read. I read a book called ''How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Scott Adams''. That book also teaches you that you should learn about your failures. It also teaches you how to become a better entrepreneur. Regarding your idea, if you were to create an assignment, your board game idea seems great. Board games are about strategy and analyzing what you are doing wrong to get better at it. You did a great job. Thank you for sharing.
Hey Kristen,
ReplyDeleteWe actually read the same book! I agree with your point of how this book applies to ENT 3003. As a business owner, we are bound to experience failure in one way or another, but we must push through. I also agree with your view on selfishness. I personally am a huge family person, so I did not like that portion of the book as much. Great job!
Hey Kristen. First off, the title of this book is so intriguing. I will I was able to have access to it and read it. I beleive it's important for students like us to learn from failure. What I found very surprising is how the author believes people should value selfishness. I personally don't agree with that because I was raised in a household where being humble is the moving force of success. I believe it's improtant to not only be humble but put others before me, depending on the time. Family and friends play important roles in our lives so we must keep them close.
ReplyDeleteKristen,
ReplyDeleteI actually read this book as well and I think we have very similar viewpoints. I love how he views failure as more of a positive stepping stone to success in the long run. I also had some thoughts about his view of worrying about yourself first and friends and family last cause I could never see myself doing that. However, sometimes that is the way to success and if it worked for him I can't blame him for trying to share that view so maybe others can be as successful.
That book seems like a good way to keep your faith in the business you are trying to achieve, since, as you said, talks about how to keep pushing through in failures. I think the activity could achieve its purpose effectively, even when ideas as "simple" as board games, errors and frustration of achievement could come together. Good analysis.
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