How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

Kind of the Story of My Life

by Scott Adams

English language

Published April 27, 2013

ISBN:: 978-1-59184-691-8

(16 reviews)

We insist on setting up an opposition between concepts of success and failure, but this notion is unhelpful and can stop us achieving due to the stigma attached to failure itself. Find out why you need to start thinking about failure differently and learn useful strategies that will enable you to see success as an achievable possibility.

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big illustrates why failure is a crucial, beneficial part of a process for repositioning yourself so that you're more likely to find success in the long run. Learn logical, practical steps you can take to restructure your approach to working toward achievement and simplified methods for boosting your energy, motivation, skills, and productivity. By applying the formulas laid out, you can increase your likelihood of achieving success and feel better about your progress on a daily basis.

You will learn: How to use failure …

You will learn: How to use failure to your own advantage Why setting yourself goals is ineffective and what you should do instead How to increase your odds for finding success.

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Noisy Deadlines reviewed How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams

Review of 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

Such an enjoyable read! I love the Dilbert comics and it was interesting to get into the head of Scott Adams. He talks about his failures and also his recipe to live well. So it's part memoir part recommendations on how to live a good life. And we get to know that he had to overcome significant obstacles to success in his life. But he persisted and that makes for an inspiring story. He makes good points, summarizing the main areas of focus to succeed, even if you are failing miserably. Like the importance of having a system, not goals. And taking care of our personal energy: exercise, diet, and sleep are essential.
Not all his recommendations are applicable to everybody (and he makes it very clear in the book) but reading about his struggles and his plans to live better got me thinking about my own habits. Savvy and …

Martijn Reintjes reviewed How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams

Review of 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Scott lives his life very much like I do.
Treat everything as an experiment and always be learning.

In the book he gives some other interesting hacks to streamline your life.
As the book describes the tactics I use to live the life that I love, I think I am going to gift this book a lot in the future as I believe it can help a lot of people.