21A – Reading Reflection No. 2

I read, How to Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams and I found it surprising how much I connected with it and how inspiring it was to pursue my own projects. I found that the general theme of this book was a lot about time management. You have to look after yourself, your things you own and your family before pursuing another dream. You can't let one thing fall out of whack or you could crumble due to losing drive and low energy. The book really drives the point of  success just doesn't happen you have to pursue it. Sometimes fail, maybe fail a lot but eventually you can succeed. Just like in our class all of our assignments prove that in our head ideas may be good but when asking other people we develop other ideas and fine tune our own. It proves even if you think you are a genius and your product would have to be successful you still need to have help from others like in interviews or you could still fail potentially.

If I had to create an exercise for this class from this book I would probably make a fun assignment that basically focuses on ourselves. It would revolve around not eating fast food once the whole week and to write yourself up a agenda. Do shopping for foods early on in the week and have a list of healthy foods for yourself throughout the week. It would also include exercising and going to sleep for solid a solid 8-9 hours. At the end of the week write up if you feel better about yourself or feel with more energy. I feel like it would be genuinely a good assignment because I have a hard time making my own schedule and working on myself and it would kind of force me to reset myself. I think it could be surprising because some people might like how they feel so much or be so good that they can create new ideas.

My biggest surprise was that he states quantity over quality is important when it comes to skills. Holding a ton of eggs in your basket is better than having a golden egg which made me rethink a ton of things. Even if I keep practicing editing over and over and I get really good at it I still need to know how to produce write and even market my ideas. He said getting good at something is important but being decent at a lot of things is better. It's an interesting concept that I hope to explore more.