27A- Reading Reflection No. 3

27A- Reading Reflection No. 3

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

a.    It is a memoir about the cartoonist who created Dilbert and how he dealt with losses after losses and how he changed his mindset to make it so that he wins big in the long run.

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

a.    There are going to be times when you have ideas that you think are going to work and go extremely well and then someone knocks them down or they just don’t work out. You can’t get down because of this. You need to find ways in your head to make it, so you do not see these things as necessarily failures or losses but see them as learning points and ways to change your outlook on things.

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

a.    Maybe have everyone talk about a time they have failed and almost do something like the assignment 26 because it corresponds really well with this book. Maybe have people think of losses as different ways. Have someone come in and talk about the brain’s viewpoint on failure and a way to change that into seeing it as a positive and not a negative.

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?

a.    He wrote about how you shouldn’t find your passion you should find your energy. That was something that really surprised me because it was an odd way to look at something like that but the more I thought about it the more I related to it and saw where his logic was. It made sense to find something that energized you and build your life and work around that because that is going to keep you going and keep you from being down.