Scott Adams humorously writes about the secret of success; that he has surprisingly learned from countless failures. I found his article very intriguing, in that it counteracts the normal rationale of the starting employee. Scott Adams says that one should not follow passion (rather passion changes with success), and to be systems-oriented instead of goals-oriented. What I find most enjoyable about this article was when Adams wrote,"it [leaving out failures] leaves the impression that they [successful people] have some magic you don't."Most of the time, billionaires are idolized; how they got there seems like climbing the Alps to the average Joe. Yet, it is important to know that everyone experiences failure; and it is the successful people that use it as a tool.
Some kind of side track stuff:
When Scott Adam's wrote 'the most dangerous thing was when successful people directly give advice' was a bit ironic. Is he not a successful person giving advice? Does this cancel everything he said? Does his generalness cover all cases?
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" came from a famous philosopher Nietzche. Yet, Kelly Clarkson made it popular. It proves his point that all good ideas are already out there, just being rehashed.
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