Book: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
General theme/argument: Kind of written in the title. The author gives many of his own learning experiences over time and how he became successful and gives suggestions for readers.
Book connecting with ENT3003: You don't need to be perfect. Failures are expected and very valuable. Take and directly act on feedback from customers when creating a product.
Exercise for the class: Scott Adams mentions the difference between goals and systems. Many people have goals that they want to go towards, such as exercising three times a week. Many don't reach/commit to goals because of their interpretation of the goal and their willpower. For instance, some may think later that three times a week is too much for their schedule and they stop all together. If they use a system approach, exercising would be a system about daily exercise that makes you feel better.
An exercise could be to think of a previous goal that someone had and didn't commit to or wants to reach, and change that into a system. Test out the system and see if it works better for them!
Biggest surprise/aha moment: Goals vs systems. This semester has been very fruitful for me, and sometimes I reflect back on the progress I've made and wonder how I've done so much in these last few months. I think it's because I changed my mindframe from goals to systems. I used to have goals for many things that I wouldn't reach. I changed my mindframe to simply get further along on the continuum for each activity (e.g. exercise or diet) rather than having a set goal. For instance, going straight to a strict diet program can be a huge jump for some. If you tell yourself you have a system, you can gradually go to better foods/less processed sugars/etc. and further towards "healthy" on the unhealthy/healthy continuum rather than sticking to a strict diet program.
Hey Angel, sounds like a really interesting book! I might have to give it a read considering goals vs systems is something that I have been known to struggle with too. I think your exercise for the class would be very beneficial by showing that we do have the right goals and willpower, but we just need to reevaluate how we are trying to achieve them. Good job!
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