Book Review “How To Fail At Almost Everything & Still Win Big”

Anand Patel
3 min readJan 10, 2021

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The author of the book is Scott Adams, the brain behind the super comic series Dilbert. In this book, the author shares his journey through the different periods & things he did throughout the path. The book comprises of small chapters & each chapter will touch some part of the author’s life. The book is written beautifully & the author has exposed his shortcomings as well. From feeling lonely to being voiceless & all the pain, he went through to become normal. So, here is a book review of How To Fail At Almost Everything & Still Win Big.

Passion is something that we all crave for. Yet every time we fail, our passion depletes. So, success caused passion more than passion caused success. Following passion, he ventured into many avenues & most of them failed. The author has recorded all the early avenues that he tried & failed. However, even after failing in almost everything that he started. He derived a system to success, he changed his view from Goals to system. A system that will increase the odds of success. Goals are something where one has to reach, whereas, the system will have tasks that will one perform daily like a ritual & this ritual will eventually increase the chance of success. But, to follow a system one needs to have proper balance & energy. A person can increase his or her energy by using various hacks available to humankind. The author uses many formulas like sitting position, tidiness, priorities, how to treat others, & our attitudes towards different situations. It is believed that, if we manage our illusions wisely, we might get what we want & we don’t necessarily understand why it worked.

Once everything mentioned above is in the balance, it is time to determine the math to success. The odds of success are low; however, if one improves upon aspects; like public speaking, business writing, persuasion, psychology, conversation, technology. The chances of success improve drastically.
Another part that anyone can practice is affirmations, the author has used it many times & got the desired results. If practiced religiously affirmation can help one to move mountains. So, practice it with dedication & witness the magic first hand.

After finding success, the main aim shall be to remain happy & happiness is related to your body & mind. So, if one mind is calm, diet is good & the energy level is high. He or she can win in life.

A fun book to read & there are so many gems to capture. A person with past struggles can be an inspiration to generations. He is one such guy who overcame odds & made a place for himself. So, don’t miss an opportunity to read this book & grab your copy at the earliest.

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Anand Patel

I am a travel freak & managing my travel blog www.markmyadventure.com. I am covering my adventure through my blog. I am also book lover & philosopher & dreamer