27A Reading Reflection No. 3

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams 

1) What was the general theme or argument of the book?

• The general theme of the book is that failure is okay and should serve as a learning experience. Adams is basically talking about embracing failure and learning as much as you can from it. Adams also shares his own failures and what he learned from them. 

2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?

• The book connects with and enhances what we have learned in ENT 3003 because Pryor has mentioned that successful people have often failed in the past, but they learned from those failures and kept pushing forward. Failure is a part of being an entrepreneur and should be welcomed as a learning experience. 

3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?

• If I had to design an exercise for this class it would be one that focuses on learning how to embrace failure and using it to succeed. 

4) What was your biggest surprise or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that differed most from your expectations?

• The biggest surprise to me was that Adams talks about how people shouldn't set goals but instead use systems.