27A – Reading Reflection No. 3

1) What was the general theme or argument of the book?

The general theme in How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big is that you can embrace failure and learn to use it to your advantage.

2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?

This book enhanced my learning, because a lot of the things the author says I can apply to my ENT3003 assignments. For example, he talked about adults constantly enduring criticism and going up to weeks without honest praise. According to the author not praising people when they have impressed you was like a disservice to society. This made me look back at all the times I have done peer reviews in this class and me think how can I do better.

3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?

One of the things the author talks about is that you shouldn't hesitate to change your mind. The exercise I would make for this would be asking the students to write about a time they changed their mind on their venture concept. I would ask them to write about what was it and what caused them to change their mind.

4) What was your biggest surprise or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that differed most from your expectations?

The biggest surprise for me about reading this book was when he mentioned "fake it till you make it" can be a positive thing, because we become conditioned to adopt the mannerisms and skills of our new environment.