How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big Summary

Instead of trying hard to listen to his side, I assumed that my thoughts about him were correct so I took a peripheral route around him to persuade. My tactic of using persuasion went well and I was not caught. In the book, “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big”, Scott Adams talks about the power of persuasion and knowing how people’s brains work.

You’ve heard the old saying that knowledge is power. But knowledge of psychology is the purest form of that power. No matter what you’re doing or how well you’re doing it, you can benefit from a deeper understanding of how the mind interprets its world using only the clues that somehow find a way into your brain through the holes in your skull. (Adams 116) Instead of having an honest conversation I talked to my roommate about his future. I painted a picture of the future if he continued to party every night and not do well in school. My painting was

He has not played loud music past ten pm since the incident happened, at least when I am at home. His attitude towards school has shifted slightly too, after having to drop a class fall term because of a bad grade he has had two terms of a B average and was accepted into the school of business at the University of Oregon. The conflict might have been a benefit to him because of his now serious approach to schooling. As for me, I have not had a night of sleep interrupted by loud subwoofers or loud party goers. The steps that I took to resolving the conflict of using persuasion to play on his fears was appropriate. Maybe not ethical, but it solved the problem for me and has a net benefit for him as well. In the end the most important thing was that both sides won in a sense and the relationship between my roommate and I is fine. Knowing that in the future anytime there is an issue when it comes to partaking in unruly behavior I can mention his future to him and see drastic improvements in a short