Over last fortnight I happened to read a fantastic book by Scott Adams – How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life

This book has so much wisdom that I would recommend you to read at least once every year or two, moreover Scott has kept narrative so simple and contextual that you don’t lose interest . The book covers a variety of topics – Success factors , Ability to learn from failures , Grit , Affirmations, Right diet, Career Advice , Skills to acquire and so on and so forth. I will try to elucidate on themes that nudged me in my first read.

Become system oriented rather than goal oriented –  The idea that one should have a system instead of a goals.  How these two are different for example

System: Remaining healthy by doing daily exercise is a system

Goal : Planning to lose 20 pounds in next 6 months is goal

Why one is better than other

Goal-oriented people exist in a state of continuous presuccess failure at best, and permanent failure at worst if things never work out. Systems people succeed every time they apply their

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