How To Fail at Almost Everything And Still Win Big
1. The general theme of this book is about the lessons that the writer Scott Adams has learned while going through his professional career. He provides insight about his life that can be used to improve the readers life. He takes us through his failures and successes which demonstrate this lessons.
2. This book really connected with me because he worked in the corporate world for 16 years and still continued to perform his side projects. It feels a lot like what I'm doing right now. Although I am a business major, my true passion lies with coaching football. I look at my football as my side project and my passion but I know I have to be practical and pursue a career that has more likelihood. It enhances my learning ability because he continued to have side projects and pursue his passions and also shows us lessons to be successful.
3. Scott Adams talks about maximizing personal energy which includes finding the activities that maximize a persons energy. A good activity would be to find the activities that maximize our personal energy.
4. I think the thing in the book that caught me off guard was the statement, "Success Creates Passion More Than Passion Creates Success." I think most of us would think the other way, as most of us have heard the we should follow our passion. Scott describes how being successful created a passion for it. This was polar opposite of everything I had been told.
I love that you were able to connect with the book you chose. I know exactly how you feel having a hobby that may not feel sustainable at the time. I commend you for working toward your goal as well as your passion. Your last remark about success creating passion was really interesting. I can kind of see how that would make sense because it is easy for us to become addicted to success which makes us pursue something even more to get that feeling again.
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