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

by Scott Adams
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life

Embrace failure, unlock success: Adams' unconventional wisdom.

If you've ever felt like a round peg in a square hole or faced setbacks in your endeavors, Scott Adams' book could be a guiding light. His personal anecdotes, full of humor and candidness, offer an unconventional take on success. By flipping the script on traditional success mantras and suggesting a systems-oriented approach over goal-chasing, Adams' book isn't just a memoir—it's a mindset shift. You might find it especially refreshing if the typical self-help spiels don't resonate with you.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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

by Scott Adams
ISBN: 9781591847748
Authors: Scott Adams
Publisher: Penguin Portfolio
Date of Publication: 2014-12-30
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Business, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Memoir, Self Help, Psychology, Business, Personal Development, Biography Memoir, Productivity, Biography
Goodreads rating: 4.05
(rated by 19901 readers)

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Scott Adams has likely failed at more things than anyone you’ve ever met or anyone you’ve even heard of. So how did he go from hapless office worker and serial failure to the creator of Dilbert, one of the world’s most famous syndicated comic strips, in just a few years? In How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Adams shares the strategy he has used since he was a teen to invite failure in, to embrace it, then pick its pocket. No career guide can offer advice for success that works for everyone. As Adams explains, your best bet is to study the ways of others who made it big and try to glean some tricks and strategies that make sense for you. Adams pulls back the covers on his own unusual life and shares what he learned for turning one failure after another into something good and lasting. Adams reveals that he failed at just about everything he’s tried, including his corporate career, his inventions, his investments, and his two restaurants. But there’s a lot to learn from his personal story, and a lot of humor along the way. While it’s hard for anyone to recover from a personal or professional failure, Adams discovered some unlikely truths that helped to propel him forward. For instance: • Goals are for losers. Systems are for winners. • "Passion" is bull. What you need is personal energy. • A
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Embrace failure, unlock success: Adams' unconventional wisdom.

If you've ever felt like a round peg in a square hole or faced setbacks in your endeavors, Scott Adams' book could be a guiding light. His personal anecdotes, full of humor and candidness, offer an unconventional take on success. By flipping the script on traditional success mantras and suggesting a systems-oriented approach over goal-chasing, Adams' book isn't just a memoir—it's a mindset shift. You might find it especially refreshing if the typical self-help spiels don't resonate with you.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.