21A – Reading Reflection No. 2


Bringing In A Second Opinion

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

1. The general theme of this book is to share a strategy to “invite failure in, embrace it, then pick its pocket.” There are many different lessons and themes throughout Adam’s book, but my biggest take away was to be selfish. First, you must look after yourself, second look after your economics, and lastly, look at everything else. If you don’t take the selfish approach, you become a bother on the others around you, so focus and fix yourself first.

2. The book connected with and enhanced my learning in ENT3003 showing me that it’s essential to work on yourself and your human capital. It’s okay if you fail at what you’re trying to succeed, but you must learn from it and take something away from it.

3. Exercise assignment: “Describe something that you worked hard for but failed at; explain what you took away, learned, or what came out of this experience.”

4. What I learned that differed from most of my expectations was the idea that you must find happiness within yourself before you can succeed in anything. Your personal energy will reflect on your business idea, so fix yourself and your habits to have positive energy around your ideas.

Comments

  1. Duong PhamMarch 29, 2020 at 5:02 PM

    Hello Savannah,

    I do agree that we must be selfish in order for our well-being, for us to thrive because we can't make a change without ourselves doing so. We're the embodiment of our plan, and we need to make sure to change our ways for our self to be the best it can be, because no one can make a change except yourself.

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  2. Samantha TwohigMarch 31, 2020 at 3:01 PM

    Hi Savannah,
    I really enjoyed reading your Reading Reflection Assignment No. 2 and about the book you chose to research. The general theme or idea of this book is very unique. No one really focuses on the idea of accepting and further embracing failure so I found that super cool and interesting. I also agree that it is okay to fail and that your mistakes and failures will only make you stronger.

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  3. CarlApril 1, 2020 at 2:18 PM

    What's up Savannah,

    Your analysis of this book is spot on. I also read this book, and reflected specifically on how the main takeaway from the book is selfishness, and how taking care of one's self is essential to personal success. Because of this I completely agree with you in that finding internal happiness is imperative before seeking success.

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  4. Katherine GuyApril 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM

    Hey Savannah,

    I also read this book, and I think you did a fantastic job answering these questions. Your responses show that you really learned a lot from this book. I also commented on his ideas about selfishness, because I really enjoyed that part of the book as well. I think we all view selfishness in a really negative light, so it was nice to hear a different perspective about it.

    Great post!

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  5. Brendy KambaApril 2, 2020 at 10:10 AM

    Key Karla, This book sounds very interesting and insightful. I believe this is very informative especially for someone like me who tends to be a perfectionist and also likes to help others even when I am not situated. I definitely agree with how failure should be taken as a learning opportunity and how in order to best help others you must first make sure you are good.
    Good job!!

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  6. Richard AlfonsoApril 2, 2020 at 11:37 AM

    Great review Savannah, I agree that it's vital to pick yourself up after failing. Failing is a part of life, sort of like death and taxes, everyone has to deal with it sooner or later. Some of the greatest influencers and entrepreneurs who failed so many times. If they would have given up we would still be in the stone age.

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  7. Benjamin SherryApril 4, 2020 at 11:15 AM

    Savannah,
    Human capital is your intangible asset portfolio designed to help you succeed both in business and life. Building it up is such an important thing to do. This book making an emphasis on this surely was a great subsidiary to the semester in this class. By increasing you abilities, networks and confidences, you can assure yourself that you are capable of anything which will make you significantly more likely to succeed. Additionally, by having these human capital items you can garnish more respect in an industry and have a higher likelihood of succeeding. Nicely done.

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  8. Joseph Maier's BlogApril 5, 2020 at 2:42 PM

    Hello Savannah,

    I enjoyed reading your take on the book that you read. I think it is true that we must focus on ourself first. While this may seem like a selfish approach, the real selfish approach would intentionally being a burden on someone else. If we can fix our own problems, we will be in the position to be able to help those around us.

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  9. Gordon CheyneApril 6, 2020 at 7:26 AM

    Hello Savannah,

    I really enjoyed reading your reflection. I like in #1 where you talk about taking care of yourself first, then your economics or money, and lastly everything else. This stood out to me because most people are taught to put others before themselves, and while that is true, in this specific part of your life, you have to put yourself first in order to be secure. You also need to work on yourself to be able to put forward your best into things.

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