The book I decided to read was that of ‘How to Fail at
Almost Everything and still Win Big by Scott Adams. In my humble opinion, this
book is a must read for any fledgling entrepreneur, or recent graduate. Written
by Scott Adams, the creator behind Dilbert is probably why I found this book so
entertaining. In this book Mr. Adams shares his life through struggles and
frustrations to high flying and achievement.
The general theme of this book was working through failure.
Moreover, Scott assists through humor and baring his soul in outlining all that
he feels matters in being successful. Scott believes goal setting is pretty
much for losers. In his theory, developing solid systems to be replicated repeatedly
over time, as well as having a little luck is what is necessary to achievement.
Scott goes on to identify that selfish illusion is also necessary.
How to Fail at Almost Everything and still Win Big was a
huge example of looking forward to failing repeatedly to be achieving growth.
ENT 3003 has also taught me about failing forward. Through various lessons, the
theme has always been not to give up.
If I were to create an exercise for the class based on the
book, it would have to do with repetition. I would model a sales task for each
student and request that they memorize the steps and script for success. I
would then follow back up after a week to have a sales exchange based around
that step. The addition would be that I add the other students and their unique
sales task to memorize into the equation. At the end, I would have a sales
scenario that I could prove that if committed to memory would work 95% of the
time in the associated sales exchange.
My biggest aha moment from the book would be that of
affirmations. From hearing Mr. Scott’s story, I have a totally different outlook
on affirmations, and how they are to be used. Scott, an engineer reminds me of
myself in my thought process. To hear an analytical mind, speak so strongly
regarding affirmations intrigues me. I know would like to incorporate into my
day as I believe they can be extremely useful and remaining focused.
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