1) What was the general theme or argument of the book?
The argument for the book was that you do not have to have a passion or any major skills to be successful. If you manage your life/time correctly you can beat the system.
2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?
I think this connects with the class in the way of being resourceful. One does not have to be super intelligent or very good at creating things to be successful. If you are resourceful with your time and energy and do things such as "match the task to your mental state" the outcomes will surprise you!
3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?
I would definitely design something to match with him claiming that being creative in the morning is the best course of action. Leave mundane tasks towards the end of the day and be creative early on. I would create some sort of group activity that was done early in the day and involved working together to create a story or an invention or something along those lines!
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?
I really enjoyed when he stated, "you shouldn’t hesitate to modify your perceptions to whatever makes you happy, because you’re probably wrong about the underlying nature of reality anyway." This hit home for me and I'm sure everyone who read the book. It is so easy to get caught up in the negative aspects of day to day life but we can just alter our thinking slightly and be happy.
Hi Lisa, I really liked that you mentioned that "you do not have to have passion or any major skills to be successful", I noticed throughout my time in this course that I have mentioned multiple times about my lack of passion I have for my service. Even though I acknowledge this is such an important part of one's own journey in life, in reality as long as you apply yourself and be resourceful there is nothing stopping you.
ReplyDeleteI like how this book connects to the class about being resourceful, cause professor also talks about getting out and talking to people in your field to create allies for the future. Even though you may not have the most passion for your product as long as you have the resources to support it you can go a long way.
ReplyDeleteI like how you mentioned that the people should focus a-lot of their mental energy toward the beginning of the day. I also think that this would be an interesting activity to record for this class as it would stimulate people to get their day started in a good spirit. This activity is especially important because studies have show that the morning is when the prefrontal cortex is most activated and it can drive the spirit of someones day.
ReplyDeleteIf I considered my mental state every morning first thing, I believe I would be in a much better place. I'm going to use this strategy moving forward. Most of us can relate to the lack of passion when it comes to our products, we didn't take this class to actually become entrepreneurs. I remember reading just by practicing smiling in the mirror everyday, we can increase our moods.
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